The highly accurate orbit insertion further lowered the amount of fuel required for final positioning to 9 kg.
The other lunar landing missions that photographed the earth shortly after lunar orbit insertion showed the western hemisphere.
Reid Malenfant Ten minutes before lunar orbit insertion the cabin grew subtly darker.
This shedding of excess velocity is typically achieved via a rocket firing known as an orbit insertion burn.
The second type of orbit insertion is used for newly launched satellites and other spacecraft.
We're not gonna miss the orbit insertion, are we?
Lunar orbit insertion is targeted for April 2011.
The Agena would then have been used to perform Lunar orbit insertion.
Since orbit insertion Mars Express has been progressively fulfilling its original scientific goals.
Lunar orbit insertion was achieved on the November 5, 2007.