translunar

How To Use translunar In A Sentence

• The highly technical reports of Apollo, accessible to but not generally understood by the public, give the three-dimensional details of the translunar trajectory.
• Into the early afternoon, Armstrong monitored the progress of the flight, through its two Earth orbits, through its translunar injection, and well on its way toward the Moon. First Man
• Two opportunities for translunar injection are provided.
• We don't already have translunar manned transport capability (to the surface), and getting it will cost many, many tens of billions more than a sufficiently dexterous RC bot. Why the Moon? Here's Why. - NASA Watch
• You could have an electric or nuclear translunar architecture using oxygen, harvested from the Moon, as reaction mass. A Shift in Policy? Moon Base Axed? - NASA Watch
• high translunary dreams
• In the patois of spaceflight, TLI meant “translunar injection”—leaving Earth orbit and heading into deep space. First Man
• Furthermore, an all robotic base means that the translunar infrastructure is much cheaper. Why the Moon? Here's Why. - NASA Watch
• The upper stage is jettisoned after the translunar injection burn, leaving the Soyuz and logistics module to complete the six-day round-trip mission.
• He sent men out of Earth's orbit for the first time with the command, ‘You are go for TLI’ (translunar injection).