For nearly thirty years he had piloted a succession of circumlunar tourist boats. From Wordnik.com. [World of Ptavvs]
The U.S. spacecraft Apollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft in circumlunar orbit. From Wordnik.com. [1968] Reference
The relatively low velocity needed to maintain vehicles in circumlunar orbits, made its danger to such vehicles small. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
We're in negotiations now with probably the first two people who will participate on the first private circumlunar mission. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2006] Reference
A service module, providing propulsion, electricity, radio, and other equipment would add at least 1,800 kg to this mass for the circumlunar mission. From Wordnik.com. [The CEV SNAFU] Reference
China's first lunar probe, Chang'e-1, successfully completed its first braking at perilune and entered the moon's orbit Monday morning, becoming China's first circumlunar satellite. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Watch: November 2007 Archives] Reference
The beauty of it is we use the same technology, the same Soyuz spacecraft, a same ten-day visit to the space station, and we simply launch an extra fuel module to give it enough boost to do a circumlunar mission on the last part of the flight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2006] Reference
In only the third flight of a Saturn V, NASA had decided to send Apollo 8 crewman Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders on the first manned circumlunar flight in Dec. 21-27, 1968. From Wordnik.com. [The Patriot Ledger Home RSS] Reference
While the Mercury capsule could only support one astronaut on a limited earth orbital mission, the Apollo spacecraft was to be able to carry three astronauts on a circumlunar flight and perhaps even on a lunar landing On April 12. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Astronauts land safely in Kazakhstan after mission] Reference
Apollo spacecraft was to be able to carry three astronauts on a circumlunar flight and perhaps even on a lunar landing On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to fly in space, reinforcing American fears about being left behind in a technological competition with the Soviet Union. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Astronauts land safely in Kazakhstan after mission] Reference
1968 - USSR's Zond 5 is launched on 1st circumlunar flight. From Wordnik.com. [magic-city-news.com] Reference
"There are a lot of things we could do along the way to build up to a Mars program," Augustine said, "such as a circumlunar program, circle Mars, land on an asteroid, land on Phobos or Deimos and do some exciting science from there. From Wordnik.com. [Committee Urges Multi-Destination Plan for NASA Human Space Flight | Universe Today] Reference
We did a circumlunar mission and returned to earth, "Cohen said. From Wordnik.com. [The Battalion] Reference
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