moon shot
nounDefinition of moon shot
1
: a spacecraft mission to the moon
2
: a hit or thrown ball with a very high trajectory
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But now, the home of NASA’s Mission Control Center — and a pair of house flippers — finally gets its moon shot. — R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times, "HGTV’s ‘Going for Sold’ gives Houston flippers their moon shot," 22 Aug. 2019 Rick and Mark Armstrong, represented by Mark’s wife, Wendy, a lawyer, got the settlement after threatening to announce their concerns about their father’s treatment at a gathering at Kennedy Space Center for the 45th anniversary of the moon shot. — Scott Shane, New York Times, "‘Would Dad Approve?’ Neil Armstrong’s Heirs Divide Over a Lucrative Legacy," 27 July 2019 The moon shot soared through the Busch Stadium air at 106 mph. — Maria Torres, kansascity, "Royals shut out by Cardinals to start the I-70 series in St. Louis | The Kansas City Star," 21 May 2018 Gallo flied out in his first two at-bats, the first caught by Bregman in left field, and in his last as his moon shot landed in George Springer's glove at the base of the right-field wall. — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, "One game. One opening loss. No shortage of knee-jerking after Rangers fall to Astros | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 29 Mar. 2018 And among the nearly endless tasks that had to be completed for the Apollo moon shot, one woman spearheaded a critical engineering project: testing all the small gear the astronauts would take with them to the lunar surface. — Kathryn Tully, Smithsonian, "At 21, Ann Montgomery Became a Lead Engineer at NASA, Managing the Cameras and Other Crucial Gear Used on the Moon," 1 Apr. 2012 Rick and Mark Armstrong, represented by Mark’s wife, Wendy, a lawyer, got the settlement after threatening to announce their concerns about their father’s treatment at a gathering at Kennedy Space Center for the 45th anniversary of the moon shot. — Scott Shane, New York Times, "‘Would Dad Approve?’ Neil Armstrong’s Heirs Divide Over a Lucrative Legacy," 27 July 2019 The very term moon shot may not have originated with the Apollo missions, but in the Los Angeles Coliseum, in the 1950s. — Adam Rogers, WIRED, "Why 'Moon Shot' Has No Place in the 21st Century," 16 July 2019 Here are some of the biggest players looking to make their own moon shot in the coming years. — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, "Here's who's aiming to land on the moon within the next decade," 9 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'moon shot.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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