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a topic for scholarly exploration
the early exploration of the West
early explorations of the West
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Across generations and geographical borders, these encounters underscore the universality and ongoing nature of inner exploration.
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Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Starship will be the first crewed lander for NASA's Artemis program of moon exploration, for example, and the current schedule calls for the vehicle to deliver agency astronauts to the lunar south polar region on the Artemis 3 mission in late 2026.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
The Sam Heughan drama chronicles the complicated relationship between two suburban couples, in a dangerous and tense exploration of desire.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 Dec. 2024
In 2024, the United States returned a spacecraft to the lunar surface, private astronauts accomplished historic firsts and SpaceX ramped up testing of a vehicle that will prove pivotal in humanity's deep-space exploration ambitions.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
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Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Starship will be the first crewed lander for NASA's Artemis program of moon exploration, for example, and the current schedule calls for the vehicle to deliver agency astronauts to the lunar south polar region on the Artemis 3 mission in late 2026.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
The Sam Heughan drama chronicles the complicated relationship between two suburban couples, in a dangerous and tense exploration of desire.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 Dec. 2024
In 2024, the United States returned a spacecraft to the lunar surface, private astronauts accomplished historic firsts and SpaceX ramped up testing of a vehicle that will prove pivotal in humanity's deep-space exploration ambitions.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Exploration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exploration. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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exploration
noun
ex·plo·ra·tion
ˌek-splə-ˈrā-shən 
: the act or an instance of exploring
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