moonfall
Arrival on the Moon, or a moon, by spacecraft.
Noun
- 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 – […] -...
- Synonym of moonset.
Synonyms: moonset
Origin
From moon + fall. * (astronautics): after landfall.