cislunar
1
9.9
- adjective
- /ˈsɪsˌluːnər/
- Specialized
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cislunar
- The cameras at Worden's disposal were capable of resolving surface features as small as just a few tens of feet across, and in order to retrieve their film cassettes, he would be required to perform an EVA in cislunar space during the return journey to Earth.
- cislunar space
Examples
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Right after the enemy here on the surface was mopped up and they were sure cislunar space was clear of enemy ships, they'd launch the fleet.
Fiction book (1998) -
Worse, the spaceship could turn into gossamer and cobwebs at any moment, stranding him in cislunar space with nothing but a pressure suit, slowly suffocating as his air supply ran out.
Fiction book (1996) -
The ability of the United States to routinely access cislunar space through the use of the Moon and its resources needs to be well understood and addressed.
Blog text (1) -
A proposal on the table seeks to use a similar Russian-provided Scientific Power Module in cislunar space as a base of operations for exploration missions.
Blog text (18) -
This would be humanity's first 'trans-Earth EVA', the first spacewalk conducted in the cislunar gulf, 180,000 miles from home.
Blog text (31) -
A more philosophical rationale for lunar return is to ensure that a paradigm of free market, democratic pluralism prevails in the future cislunar space economy and civilization.
Blog text (9) -
A transportation system that can routinely access the lunar surface to refuel can also access all of cislunar space, where all of our national strategic and commercial (and much of our scientific) assets reside (many satellites reside above LEO and are inaccessible for repair).
Blog text (1) -
Future missions are planned to explore aspects of cislunar space more thoroughly.
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Scientists are conducting experiments to examine resource availability in cislunar regions.
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The development of satellites in cislunar space is essential for further space exploration.
How Far
- Specialized
50
7.2
18
6.8
- Specialized
101
3.9
- Specialized
1
9.9
17
5.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cislunar comes from the part cis- meaning 'on this side of' and lunar meaning 'moon'. So, cislunar describes the space 'on this side of the moon', the area between the Earth and the Moon.