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moon landing en · NOUN

Etymology

From moon + landing.

Meanings

1. The safe arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon.
   • Throughout our discussions and searching inquiries one object figured ever more prominently—the moon. We learned that it was technologically possible to develop a program to reach the moon, and we came to realize that since the Russians did not then have the ability to reach the moon any more than we did, we had at least a fifty-fifty chance of beating them there. Moreover, a moon-landing goal would give a dramatic focus to a space program designed to develop our skills and capacities on a broad technological front. [1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 281:

Forms

Translations (21)

no månelanding (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · ko 달 착륙 (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · pl lądowanie na Księżycu (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · pt alunissagem (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · fr alunissage (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · ar هُبُوط عَلَى الْقَمَر (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · fi kuuhun laskeutuminen (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · cmn 登陸月球 /登陆月球 (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · hu holdra szállás (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · nl maanlanding (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · da månelanding (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · ja 月面着陸 (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · nn månelanding (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · it allunaggio (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · el προσσελήνωση (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · de Mondlandung (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · sv månlandning (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · pt alunagem (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · ca allunatge (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · fa فرود بر ماه (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) · es alunizaje (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon)