The Astronef slackened pace a little, dropped a yard or so, and slid up quite close to the bridge-rail again.
aviation
подошёл совсем близко к
Плавно приблизился так, что оказался совсем рядом с поручнем мостика.
A Honeymoon in Space
A Honeymoon in Space is a 1901 novel by George Griffith. It was originally serialized in abridged form in Pearson's Magazine in 1900 under the title Stories of Other Worlds. The scientific romance story depicts a tour of the Solar System, a type of story that was in vogue at the time.