What is "moon shot"

Moon shot \Moon" shot`\ (m[=oo]n" sh[o^]t), n. The action or event of sending a spacecraft to the moon; -- used of manned or unmanned missions.

alt. 1 the launching of a spacecraft or an object to orbit or land on the Moon 2 throwing or hitting a ball with a high trajectory 3 (cx figuratively English) an expensive or hard task of great potential impact n. 1 the launching of a spacecraft or an object to orbit or land on the Moon 2 throwing or hitting a ball with a high trajectory 3 (cx figuratively English) an expensive or hard task of great potential impact

n. the launching of a spacecraft to the moon

Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon is a book written by Mercury Seven astronaut Alan Shepard, with NBC News correspondent Jay Barbree and Associated Press space writer Howard Benedict. Astronaut Donald K. "Deke" Slayton is also listed as an author, although he died before the project was completed and was an author in name only. The book was published in 1994. It was turned into a television miniseries that aired on TBS in the United States in 1994. The miniseries was narrated by Barry Corbin (as Slayton) and featured interviews with several American astronauts as well as a few Russian cosmonauts. Slayton died before the miniseries completed production in 1993 and the miniseries is dedicated to his memory.