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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-05-24 and was most recently seen on 2026-05-24.
Direct ascent is a method of landing a spacecraft on the Moon or another planetary surface directly, without first assembling the vehicle in Earth orbit, or carrying a separate landing vehicle into orbit around the target body. It was the first method proposed to achieve a crewed lunar landing in the United States Apollo program, but was rejected because it would have required developing a prohibitively large launch vehicle.
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