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[-] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

When you do a free return trajectory around the moon, you first "fly" towards the moon, and then you "fly" away from the moon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-return_trajectory

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