Moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon.
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15 Facts About Moon landing
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Intense efforts devoted in the 1960s to achieving first an uncrewed and then ultimately a human Moon landing become easier to understand in the political context of its historical era.
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Willy Ley wrote in 1957 that a rocket to the Moon landing "could be built later this year if somebody can be found to sign some papers".
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Attempts to salvage lunar photography during a flyby of the Moon landing were thwarted by in-flight failure of the onboard flight computer.
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Such mass concentrations can send a crewed mission dangerously off course in the final minutes of a Moon landing when aiming for a relatively small landing zone that is smooth and safe.
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However, significant development problems delayed the Zond program and the success of the U S Apollo lunar landing program led to the eventual termination of the Zond effort.
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Plans for human Moon landing exploration began during the Eisenhower administration.
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Moon landing asked Vice President Lyndon Johnson to make recommendations on a scientific endeavor that would prove US world leadership.
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Moon landing ensured continuing funding, shielding space spending from the 1963 tax cut, but diverting money from other NASA scientific projects.
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Moon landing required development of the large Saturn V launch vehicle, which achieved a perfect record: zero catastrophic failures or launch vehicle-caused mission failures in thirteen launches.
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Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev said in October 1963 the USSR was "not at present planning flight by cosmonauts to the Moon landing, " while insisting that the Soviets had not dropped out of the race.
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The Manfred Memorial Moon landing Mission remained attached to the upper stage of its launch vehicle .
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The Beresheet lunar lander's target landing destination was within Mare Serenitatis, a vast volcanic basin on the Moon's northern near side.
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Progress in space exploration has recently broadened the phrase moon landing to include other moons in the Solar System as well.
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