transearth

From trans- +‎ earth.

transearth (not comparable)

1. (of a spaceflight or trajectory) Towards the earth from the moon or another planet.

   After the Apollo 13 accident, the transearth injection burn shortened the return time by about 9 hours.

From trans- +‎ earth.

transearth (third-person singular simple present transearths, present participle transearthing, simple past and past participle transearthed)

1. (transitive, archaic) To transplant
   • 1904, Owen Felltham, William Henry Oliphant Smeaton, Resolves:

     As fruits of hotter countries, transearthed in colder climates, have vigour enough in themselves to be fructuous according to their nature: but, that they are hindered by the chilling nips of the air, and the soil, wherein they are planted.

• translunar
• cislunar