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de-orbit
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Verb: To
descend
(as in a spacecraft) from orbit around
the Earth
, or other
planetary
body.
"Following their mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, the crew of the
Space Shuttle
successfully
executed
their de-orbit procedure and landed safely at
the Kennedy
Space Center."
by
speedog
April 24, 2010
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