It takes around eight minutes for a space shuttle to reach orbit after taking off. Its average speed upon take of is 17,500 mph.
The space shuttle was designed for low earth orbit (between 200-300 nautical miles) and could not reach the moon.
the shuttle takes about 8 minutes to reach orbit
The space shuttle takes 8 minutes to reach orbit.
8 minutes
It takes about 8 minutes from launch for the shuttle to reach space. How is that for speed? Once in space, the space shuttle and the International Space Station orbit the Earth about 16 times a day. They are actually traveling faster than a bullet! That fast rate of speed along with Earth's gravity keep them in orbit around our planet
The space shuttle was designed for low earth orbit (between 200-300 nautical miles) and could not reach the moon.
It could not, the shuttle cannot leave low earth orbit
the shuttle takes about 8 minutes to reach orbit
The space shuttle takes 8 minutes to reach orbit.
8 minutes
depends where you launch from and where you go
At a top speed of around 30,000 Km per hour, in theory it would take around 160,000 years to reach Proxima Centauri. In practice, the Space Shuttle is not able to break out of Earth orbit to start such a journey.
It takes about 8 minutes from launch for the shuttle to reach space. How is that for speed? Once in space, the space shuttle and the International Space Station orbit the Earth about 16 times a day. They are actually traveling faster than a bullet! That fast rate of speed along with Earth's gravity keep them in orbit around our planet
It takes the Shuttle about 2 days to reach the International Space Station.
The Space shuttle cannot go beyond low earth orbit, but assuming you were traveling at the shuttle's orbital speed of 17,600 mph it would take approximately 7 months to reach the sun (the nearest star to earth), and approximately 160,000 years to reach Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the sun.
it takes 3 days to reach the moon
The Space Shuttle does not travel to the moon, it cannot go further than Low Earth Orbit.