moonfall
nounEtymology From moon + fall. * (astronautics): after landfall.
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Aerospace, Astronautics, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Usually Arrival on the Moon, or a moon, by spacecraft.
- Total time to unpack the landing pod after moonfall is one working year, conducted in parallel with paving and other activities.1981, Space Manufacturing, volume 4, page 115:
- The first crisis the lunar explorers faced came just short of moonfall. The Apollo 11 Lunar Module, code-named “Eagle', was still 9.5 km (6 miles) up when the vital guidance computer began flashing an alarm – […]2014, John Jackman, Wendy Wren, Nelson English: Development: Book 4, page 40:
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Poetic, Usually Synonym of moonset.