apollo
n. countablen. a large spacecraft or mission used to send people to the moon. It is also the name of an ancient Greek god of the sun, music, and poetry.
n. the series of American spaceflight missions that successfully landed the first humans on the Moon. When used in a mythological context, refers to the Olympian deity associated with the sun, prophecy, and the arts.
The Apollo 11 mission landed on the moon in 1969.
Engineers spent years developing the Apollo command module to ensure the astronauts could return safely to Earth.
The success of the Apollo program represented a monumental achievement in aerospace engineering, effectively ending the space race and expanding our understanding of lunar geology.
From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
From the object 1862 Apollo.
Often used as a proper noun to refer to specific historical missions or the Greek deity.