trans-lunar
Past our satellite
Trans-lunar means beyond the moon or relating to space travel past the moon's orbit.
A trans-lunar trajectory carries a spacecraft from Earth toward or past the moon: The Apollo missions used trans-lunar injection to leave Earth orbit.
The term appears in aerospace contexts discussing deep space exploration.
Sun deity, moonshot namesake
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- orbitCurved celestial path
- gravity assistSpacecraft trajectory boost via planet
- injectionSyringe-delivered dose
burn · navigation · coast · midcourse correction · delta-v · escape velocity · flight path · mission control
Crew of spacecraft
- moonwalkBackward-gliding dance step
- splashdownSpacecraft's water landing
- reentryComing back in
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
liftoff · propulsion · deep space · rocketry · mission · command module · service module · landing
Cannot be accessed
- unattainableImpossible to acquire
- remoteDistant or controller
- beyondFarther than something
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
distant · ethereal · sublime · celestial · visionary · impossible dream · frontier · unknown
Apollo
Sun deity, moonshot namesake
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- orbitCurved celestial path
- gravity assistSpacecraft trajectory boost via planet
injection · burn · navigation · coast · midcourse correction · delta-v · escape velocity · flight path · mission control · tracking
astronauts
Crew of spacecraft
- moonwalkBackward-gliding dance step
- splashdownSpacecraft's water landing
- reentryComing back in
capsule · liftoff · propulsion · deep space · rocketry · mission · command module · service module · landing · rendezvous
unreachable
Cannot be accessed
- unattainableImpossible to acquire
- remoteDistant or controller
- beyondFarther than something
otherworldly · distant · ethereal · sublime · celestial · visionary · impossible dream · frontier · unknown · boundless
trans-lunargeosynchronous
Orbiting at planetary rotation speed
terrestrial · geocentric · geostationary · lunar · orbital