SCIENCE said:

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Well this is a simple swing so they won’t be orbiting the moon.

There will be a first woman, first black man, first Canadian and oldest-ever lunar crew member (Commander Reid Wiseman, 50) going round the moon, yes.

Not technically an orbit, but a flyby in a loop, using its gravity to swing back to Earth.

oh yeah so why do they technically call them hyperbolic orbits then

Nonetheless, the verb has a restricted meaning.