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lunar lifeboats

lunar lifeboats is the plural of lunar lifeboat.

Meaning of lunar lifeboat

Noun

lunar lifeboat (plural lunar lifeboats)

  1. In the US Apollo moon program, a lunar module repurposed as a makeshift shelter for an astronaut crew returning to earth after a mishap necessitating cancellation of a moon landing; the emergency procedure of using the lunar module in this manner.
    • At 141 hours and 30 minutes, the Lunar Module, Aquarius, after successfully fulfilling its contingency role as a Lunar Lifeboat, was jettisoned in preparation for the final plunge into the Earth's atmosphere.1970, Jim Lovell, "The Flight of Apollo 13—A Successful Failure," Society of Experimental Test Pilots Technical Review, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 130 (Google search result) (retrieved 30 July 2015)

Questions about lunar lifeboats

What is lunar lifeboats the plural of?
Lunar lifeboats is the plural of lunar lifeboat.

Words near lunar lifeboats in the dictionary

  1. lunar eclipses
  2. lunar hay fever
  3. lunar letter
  4. lunar letters
  5. lunar lifeboat
  6. lunar lifeboats
  7. lunar mansion
  8. lunar mansions
  9. lunar module
  10. lunar modules
  11. lunar month

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