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lunar

[loo-ner] / ˈlu nər /
ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the moon
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Artemis IV, targeted in 2028, is now planned to be the first crewed lunar landing of the modern era.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano is hoping to bring a taste of his homeland to the Artemis III mission he will pilot near Earth in 2027 to test two lunar modules.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Russia is part of a joint China-led lunar base project targeted for the mid-2030s, although sanctions, funding and technical problems make its contribution uncertain.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The primary goals of the trip include testing the abilities of NASA's Orion spacecraft, as well as a rendezvous with lunar landers developed by the private space companies SpaceX and Blue Origin.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Creating a stable calendar was a problem for most ancient peoples, because they generally started out with a lunar calendar: the length of a month was the time between successive full moons.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife



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