Sentences with phrase «left lunar orbit»
On Christmas Day, they left lunar orbit and began the long ride back to the home planet.
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Apollo lunar astronauts are four to five times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than astronauts who never left Earth's orbit or who never flew at all, according to a study published in Scientific Reports today that considered about 100 astronauts, seven of them Apollo.
One idea would be to reduce the crew size from four to the three of the Apollo days, with the idea that on the Outpost - type fortnight - or - more span expeditions, we'll be able to send the whole crew down to the surface, leaving the Orion (or whichever) orbiter craft, untended in low lunar orbit, to be reached by the crew later.