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space program

DEFINITIONS OF: space program

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n a technological program intended to explore outer space

Examples:
Apollo program
a program of space flights undertaken by US to land a man on the Moon
Gemini program
a program of space flights undertaken by US in 1965 and 1966
Mercury program
a program of rocket-powered flights undertaken by US between 1961 and 1963 with the goal of putting a man in orbit around the earth
Type of:
program, programme
a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
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