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mission

[mish-uhn] / ˈmɪʃ ən /


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Welcome back: Our name has changed but our mission hasn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

The Artemis III mission will bring together NASA's Orion spacecraft and experimental lunar landers developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

The prime minister said he was "on a mission" to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training - known as "Neet".

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Waymo said safety is central to its mission and it prioritizes operating safely around school buses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Interfering with him was why I was here on a training mission in the first place.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The lighter design could simplify preparations for the earliest landing missions and help astronauts begin exploring the lunar surface sooner.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

He added: "I intend to honour the tradition and open the path for many new missions to come. This is a massive responsibility, but also, incredibly exciting for me and a huge honour."

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

The first two games in the series, which debuted in 1997, offered a top-down view of the action as players took on the role of a criminal on missions around cities.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

The improvements reflect NASA's broader effort to strengthen its internal engineering capabilities, shorten development schedules, and reduce the cost of preparing missions for launch.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Yet for nearly three years, the entire 46th Guards flew their night bombing combat missions without parachutes.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein


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