: an event in which people land a spacecraft on the moon
the first moon landing
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The first human moon landing could then occur in 2028 during the Artemis IV mission, which would be the first of many astronaut ventures to the surface in the years ahead.—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026 That will set the stage for a moon landing by two new astronauts as early as 2028.—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026 Apollo 8 flew around the moon, but Apollo 9 stayed close before the Apollo 10 lunar flyby and eventual Apollo 11 first moon landing.—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026 That announcement followed an even bigger announcement in February, when Isaacman overhauled NASA’s Artemis return-to-the-moon program with the goal of increasing the pace of launches ahead of a targeted moon landing in 2028.—Denise Chow, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026 This key trial will take place either on the ISS or on the Artemis 3 mission, which Isaacman's administration changed in March from a moon landing to allow for testing of a human landing system closer to home.—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026 Later, Neon discovered its own errors in Elliott’s accounting statements, one being a $30,000 expense that should have been catalogued under its moon landing doc Apollo 11 that was improperly charged to Amazing Grace.—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 That will set the stage for the all-important Artemis IV moon landing in 2028, when two astronauts attempt a touchdown near the lunar south pole.—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026 Musk’s Starship and Bezos’ Blue Moon are vying for the all-important Artemis IV moon landing in 2028.—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026