orbit
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Its crew of four - commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen - became the first humans to travel beyond low Earth orbit since 1972.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
This lack of a roughly circular orbit around the Sun suggested either an impact early in its lifetime that put it on this path, or gravitational influence from planet nine.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
Artemis III changed from being an historic, crewed Moon landing to a technology test in Earth orbit because of delays to Elon Musk's SpaceX's Starship rocket.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Defense officials have discussed how they could use Starship, the massive rocket SpaceX is developing to deploy bigger payloads to orbit and conduct deeper space missions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
“It takes almost a hundred and sixty-five years for Neptune to complete one orbit around the sun!”
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing orbit
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Eclipse Vocabulary
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The Launch of Sputnik 1
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