United States lunar exploration program
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The United States lunar exploration program is the overarching series of American robotic and crewed missions, led primarily by NASA, aimed at exploring, studying, and landing on the Moon.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States lunar exploration program canonical | 2 |
| NASA Lunar Exploration Program | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar exploration program
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space exploration program ⓘ |
| componentProgram |
Apollo Applications Program
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Apollo program NERFINISHED ⓘ Artemis program NERFINISHED ⓘ Clementine mission NERFINISHED ⓘ Commercial Lunar Payload Services program NERFINISHED ⓘ GRAIL mission NERFINISHED ⓘ LADEE mission NERFINISHED ⓘ LCROSS mission NERFINISHED ⓘ Lunar Orbiter program NERFINISHED ⓘ Lunar Prospector mission NERFINISHED ⓘ Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter program NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranger program NERFINISHED ⓘ Skylab lunar science activities ⓘ Surveyor program NERFINISHED ⓘ VIPER mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
commercial space companies
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international space agencies ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| governedBy | United States government space policy ⓘ |
| historicalPhase |
Apollo era crewed landings
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early robotic reconnaissance ⓘ modern robotic and commercial partnerships ⓘ planned sustained crewed presence ⓘ post-Apollo robotic orbiters and impactors ⓘ |
| includesMissionType |
crewed lunar missions
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robotic lunar missions ⓘ |
| longTermGoal |
sustained human presence on the Moon
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use of the Moon as a stepping stone for Mars exploration ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
detection of water ice in lunar polar regions
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first crewed Moon landing by Apollo 11 ⓘ first human footprints on the Moon ⓘ high-resolution global mapping of the lunar surface ⓘ return of lunar rock and soil samples ⓘ |
| primaryAgency | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryGoal |
exploration of the Moon
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landing humans on the Moon ⓘ scientific study of the Moon ⓘ |
| scientificFocus |
history of the Earth–Moon system
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lunar exosphere ⓘ lunar geology ⓘ lunar geophysics ⓘ lunar resources ⓘ radiation environment on and around the Moon ⓘ |
| technologyDevelopmentGoal |
deep space navigation
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extravehicular activity systems ⓘ in-situ resource utilization ⓘ lunar landing systems ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
NASA Lunar Exploration Program