lunar landing
Spacecraft reaches moon
A lunar landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the Moon's surface.
The term most often evokes the historic Apollo missions, particularly the first crewed landing in 1969: The lunar landing was watched by millions worldwide.
It applies equally to robotic probes and future crewed missions.
- moonwalkBackward-gliding dance step
- ApolloSun deity, moonshot namesake
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- Sea of TranquilityDark lunar plain
Neil Armstrong · one small step · touchdown · descent · module · Eagle · command module · Houston · footprint · regolith · space · rocket · gravity · mission control · capsule · reentry capsule · Buzz Aldrin · tranquility
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- landingstouchdown, touch and go, controlled descent, splashdown, ditching
- Moon missionsApollo 11, Apollo 12, Apollo 13, Apollo 14, Apollo 15
- space eventseclipse, solar eclipse, meteor shower, comet, supernova
- Astronomy HistoryCopernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Ptolemy
mission outcome
lunar landinglunar orbit
Path around Earth's satellite
flyby · orbit · crash · splashdown
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