SPACE PROGRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does space program mean? 

• SPACE PROGRAM (noun)
  The noun SPACE PROGRAM has 1 sense:

1. a technological program intended to explore outer space

  Familiarity information: SPACE PROGRAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPACE PROGRAM (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)