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Nicely done, except I think for the last line. Seems like there are two extra syllables there. No? It seems like the other lines are pentameter. Plus the last two syllables of all the previous lines seem to end in an iamb, while the final line seems to end in an anapest. Seems off there. I think. Though if I read it with a pause after "targets" it seems to flow. There is so little of metric rhymed poetry these days that I forget how to read it. But I like the scientific diction. That's not easy to put into poetry, especially words with more than three syllables. Hey I'm a cosmic fan.

Thanks, Virgil. To tell you the truth, I left the last line hanging because I didn't want to restrict the poem's language, seeing that the subject of the poem is by its very nature usually restricted -- measured anf tested and so on. And you could say the orbit of the poem had seized at the end of its trip. I'm glad you liked the poem, be that as it may. I'll take your comment into consideration.