moon shot

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

moon shot
    n 1: the launching of a spacecraft to the moon

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [PJC]