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SPACE PROGRAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A technological program intended to explore outer space
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("space program" is a kind of...):
program; programme (a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need)
Instance hyponyms:
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)