Lunar orbit in a long-lasting orbit, at 28° inclination, and successfully completed its mission after one and a half years. PFS-2 was placed in a particularly unstable orbital inclination of 11°, and lasted only 35 days in orbit before crashing into the lunar surface. Lunar orbit In astronomy, lunar orbit (also known as a selenocentric orbit) is the orbit of an object around the Moon. As used in the space program, this refers not to the orbit of the Moon about the Earth, but to orbits by various manned or unmanned spacecraft around the Moon. The altitude at apoapsis (point farthest from
Around the Moon sea. This turns out to be the returning projectile, and the three men inside are found to be alive and are rescued. They are treated to lavish homecoming celebrations as the first people to leave Earth. Around the Moon Around the Moon (, 1870), Jules Verne's sequel to "From the Earth to the Moon", is a science fiction novel which continues the trip to the moon which was only partially described in the previous novel. It was later combined with "From the Earth to the Moon" to create "A Trip to the Moon and Around It". "From the Earth to