Collocations for mission - noun

joint
a joint Anglo-American mission

covert, secret, stealth, undercover
dangerous
suicide
historic
routine
fact-finding, training
tactical
escort
reconnaissance
bombing, combat, military
wartime
search-and-destroy
mercy, rescue
peacekeeping
diplomatic
humanitarian
failed, successful
special

carry out, conduct, execute, go on, perform, undertake
accomplish, complete
Our mission accomplished, we headed for home.

dispatch sb on, give, send sb on
An aid team will be sent on a mission to the earthquake zone.

launch
It was too late to launch a rescue mission.

fly, fly on (used of military planes)
He flew a total of 41 missions over the country.

abandon, abort, cancel (esp. of military missions)
The captain instructed them to abort the mission.

end in failure, fail
Their mission ended in failure.

be a success, succeed

objective
accomplishment (AmE)

on a/the mission
He was sent on a secret mission approved by the Pentagon.

mission impossible
Many regard his task as mission impossible.

diplomatic, military, trade

establish, set up
send

mission to
The US is sending a trade mission to China.

shuttle, space, spacecraft
lunar, planetary
manned, unmanned
robotic

go on, make
He's been on several shuttle missions over the last decade.

abort

control
The spacecraft lost contact with mission control.

on a/the mission
experiments conducted on a space mission

mission to
a successful spacecraft mission to Venus

main, primary
stated

have
He now has a mission in life: to expand the horizons of those around him.

pursue
fulfil/fulfill, meet

statement

a man with a mission, a woman with a mission
You can tell by the determined way he talks that he is a man with a mission.

a sense of mission
A powerful sense of mission underpins everything he does.

Christian
educational

establish, found
run

work
hospital, school