Moon shot and Rocket launching

Moon shot noun - The launching of a spacecraft to the moon.

Rocket launching and moon shot are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rocket launching" instead a noun phrase "Moon shot".

Rocket launching noun - The launching of a rocket or missile under its own power.

Moon shot and rocket launching are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Moon shot" with "Rocket launching", this phrases are similar.