re-entry

/ riːˈɛntrɪ /

noun

1. the act of retaking possession of land, etc, under a right reserved in an earlier transfer of the property, such as a lease
2. the return of a spacecraft into the earth's atmosphere

Example Sentences

In 2001, having spent too long out of the country on a trip, Smyth and his wife Anne were refused re-entry, prompting their move to South Africa’s coastal city of Durban and then a few years later to Cape Town, where the couple were living when the Church of England became fully aware in 2013 of the abuses he had committed in the UK.

From BBC

It was far from a seamless re-entry to the lineup.

From Los Angeles Times

This left Ariane's upper-stage unable to initiate the burn that was supposed to bring it out of orbit and also set up the final task of the mission – to jettison two re-entry capsules.

From BBC

"We use wood - cork - on the re-entry, outer shell of vessels of spacecraft to help them survive re-entry into Earth's atmosphere."

From BBC

The researchers at Kyoto University hope using wood in making spacecraft could also be much less polluting than metal ones when they burn-up on re-entry at the end of their life.

From BBC