off-planetadj.adv.

1945 M. Jameson in Astounding Sci.-Fiction Feb. 31/1 They've trebled the offplanet patrol and tightened up on port inspection.

1966 R. A. Heinlein Moon is Harsh Mistress xii. 176 Search of off-planet luggage was tight by then and conducted by bad-tempered Dragoons.

1987 Time (Austral. ed.) 7 Dec. 68/1 He speaks with the voice of Soli, an ‘off-planet being’ who has never actually lived on earth.

1993 J. Pournelle & S. M. Stirling Prince of Sparta 17 They've got too much off-planet support.

1953 H. B. Piper in Space Sci. Fiction Feb. 6/1 They lived on artificial satellites two thousand miles off-planet.

1956 R. Silverberg Lonely One in Sci. Fiction Stories July 117/1 It's been centuries since any Earthman's been allowed to get off-planet.

1960 Analog Sci. Fact & Fiction Oct. 136/1 We might have to stick to the old-fashioned rocket to get off-planet.

1974 L. Niven & J. Pournelle Mote in God's Eye (1975) ii. ii. 21 Spacers off-planet long enough develop new standards of beauty.

1993 Sci. Fiction Age Jan. 53/2 If he got off-planet quickly and converted the styxite into something else of value, he could probably survive.

1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (Getting Wired Suppl.) 11/1 (advt.) But what really takes this machine off-planet, is the way Mitsubishi combines a superb multimedia configuration with unique connectivity features.