moon
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“I don’t know about the moon, you know?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Jack explained that the purpose of this is to simulate how real rovers carry out these kind of tasks on the moon.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
For the Europa flybys, discussions about how the instruments will operate began about 10 years ago and will continue until Juice finally passes the moon in the early 2030s.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
A stockholder can hope for the moon and the stars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The moon is hanging along the edge of the tree line, just like the last two times.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
It will make detailed observations of gas giant Jupiter and its three large ocean-bearing moons - Ganymede, Callisto and Europa.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
"This gives us more to use at Jupiter to carry out observations of the planet's icy moons."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
This ambitious mission will characterise these moons with a powerful suite of remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments to discover more about these compelling destinations as potential habitats for past or present life.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
Goth Shakira: It’s the full moon in Aquarius today, and full moons represent a culmination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Wash turned on the kitchen faucet, lathered up his hands, and scraped the dark moons of dirt from under his nails.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
While accepting the prize, Madonna reminisced about how her manager scolded her backstage at the very first MTV awards show, where she briefly mooned the audience in a performance fumble.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
She and Tom Arnold had mooned the crowd at a World Series game to show off their matching tattoos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2018
That idea was encapsulated by the verbal exchange as Peggy mooned over those roses.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2014
You wouldn't even be getting this kind of coverage if Silvio Berlusconi mooned Barack Obama in front of the UN.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 11, 2013
Finn talked to squirrels and mooned out the window.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
Bogotá’s unorthodox mayor, Antanas Mockus—who rose to fame after mooning student protesters and deployed mimes to control traffic—viewed the activity as a gambit “to achieve self-regulation in the behavior among citizens.”
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2024
Would there be a ShyBelligerent if he still were mooning around Compton?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2024
Now it’s possible to find statues of gnomes mooning, sitting on the toilet and vomiting rainbows.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023
Footage captured the moment a terminally ill man was arrested by police officers after "mooning" at speed camera van.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2021
“You may look and then you must go and not come back. I cannot have you in my shop every day mooning over what you have lost.”
From "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo
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