lunar missions
Trips to Moon
Lunar missions are space expeditions to the Moon, whether crewed or robotic.
The term covers flybys, orbiters, landers, and crewed landings like the Apollo program.
NASA is planning new lunar missions for the 2020s.
The phrase often appears in discussions of space exploration history and future colonization efforts.
- ground controlEarth-based flight management
- Apollo programUS moonshot initiative
- one small stepMinimal initial progress
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
launch window · command module · NASA · propulsion systems · Artemis · Eagle · regolith · moon · orbital mechanics · autonomous navigation · orbit · space probes · moonwalk · Sea of Tranquility · life support systems · Neil Armstrong · space exploration · docking systems
- space explorationrockets, Saturn V, satellites, Falcon Heavy, probes
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- space fictionscience fiction, spaceship, sci-fi, astronaut, space adventure
- Space Programsrocket launch, satellite launch, launch vehicles, space station, space research
- Space CoastKennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, NASA, rocket launch, launch pad
- Space Trainingastronaut training, crew training, Space Camp, flight training, navigation training
scope of ambition
lunar missionsMars missions
Spacecraft sent to fourth planet
Voyager missions · interplanetary missions · deep space exploration