Por que missões espaciais não aterrissam na Lua? Entenda o que é alunagem

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É muito comum ouvir ou ler que uma nave “aterrissou” na Lua em alguma missão promovida de agências espaciais.

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No entanto, uma nave, na realidade, jamais aterrissou na Lua, pois o ato de aterrissar só acontece quando falamos em pouso na superfície do planeta Terra.

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Entenda o que é a alunagem

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De acordo com o dicionário Michaelis, a alunagem é quando uma nave realiza o pouso no solo lunar. Nisso, incluem-se pousos tanto tripulados como não tripulados.

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Vale lembrar que a primeira alunagem da história foi realizada pela sonda Luna 2, da União Soviética, em 14 de setembro de 1959.

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Já a última alunagem foi feita pela sonda Chandrayaan 3, da Índia, em 23 de agosto de 2023.

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Entenda o motivo para uma nova corrida espacial à Lua

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