If you went through a Taco Bell drive through, you’d still be “driving to Taco Bell” even though you just drove around the building and never went inside.
It’s more about intention. You went there, you did some stuff, and you came home. It’s not like they’re going somewhere else and just happened to end up by the moon, the point of the trip is a lunar flyby and they made it. Hence, moon mission.
If you went through a Taco Bell drive through, you’d still be “driving to Taco Bell” even though you just drove around the building and never went inside.
People keep mentioning this but isn’t it more of a definition of to and towards?
It’s more about intention. You went there, you did some stuff, and you came home. It’s not like they’re going somewhere else and just happened to end up by the moon, the point of the trip is a lunar flyby and they made it. Hence, moon mission.