Meanings
plural moon landings
- The safe arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon.
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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
Origin
Translations
Arabic هُبُوط عَلَى الْقَمَر
- هُبُوط عَلَى الْقَمَر (hubūṭ ʕalā l-qamar)arrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Catalan allunatge
- allunatgearrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Chinese Mandarin 登陸月球 /登陆月球
- 登陸月球 /登陆月球 (dēnglù yùeqiú)arrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Danish månelanding
- månelandingarrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Dutch maanlanding
- maanlandingarrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Finnish kuuhun laskeutuminen
- kuuhun laskeutuminenarrival of a spacecraft on the moon
French alunissage
- alunissagearrival of a spacecraft on the moon
German Mondlandung
- Mondlandungarrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Greek προσσελήνωση
- προσσελήνωση (prosselínosi)arrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Hungarian holdra szállás
- holdra szállásarrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Italian allunaggio
- allunaggioarrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Japanese 月面着陸
- 月面着陸 (getsumen chakuriku)arrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Korean 달 착륙
- 달 착륙 (dal changnyuk)arrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Norwegian månelanding
- månelandingarrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Persian فرود بر ماه
- فرود بر ماه (forūd bar māh)arrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Polish lądowanie na Księżycu
- lądowanie na Księżycuarrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Portuguese alunagem, alunissagem
- alunagemarrival of a spacecraft on the moon
- alunissagemarrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Spanish alunizaje
- alunizajearrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Swedish månlandning
- månlandningarrival of a spacecraft on the moon
Cite this entry
moon landing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moon%20landing
“moon landing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moon%20landing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moon landing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moon%20landing.
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