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How long will it take a Space Shuttle to go from Earth to Mercury?
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∙ 15y ago
It can't.
And there's no way to redesign it so that it can,
all the shuttle can do is to go up to low Earth orbit and come back down.
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How long would it take a space shuttle to go from earth to mercury?
a very long time.average speed of the space shuttle orbiting the earth is around 17,000 miles per hour.the distance from earth to mercury is about 43,000,000 miles.so traveling at 17,000 mph it would take about 2,529 hours or about 105 days to get to mercury.I might be wrong.
How long will it take for a space shuttle to go from earth to space?
8 minutes.
How long does it take for a shuttle to get to the moon?
The Space Shuttle does not go to the moon. It only orbits the Earth.
How long does it take for the space shuttle to get to the moon?
The Space Shuttle does not travel to the moon, it cannot go further than Low Earth Orbit.
How long would it take for a space shuttle to reach mercury?
A long time. Mercury is 48 million miles from earth, when the 2 planets are at there closest to each other. The shuttle travels about 2000 miles per hour. There fore the trip would take 24,000 hours or 1000 days that is 2.7 yrs.
How long would it take a space shuttle to go from earth to mercury?
a very long time.average speed of the space shuttle orbiting the earth is around 17,000 miles per hour.the distance from earth to mercury is about 43,000,000 miles.so traveling at 17,000 mph it would take about 2,529 hours or about 105 days to get to mercury.I might be wrong.
How long will it take for a space shuttle to go from earth to space?
8 minutes.
How long would it take for a space shuttle to reach space?
It could not, the shuttle cannot leave low earth orbit
How long does it take for a shuttle to get to the moon?
The Space Shuttle does not go to the moon. It only orbits the Earth.
How long does it take for the space shuttle to get to the moon?
The Space Shuttle does not travel to the moon, it cannot go further than Low Earth Orbit.
How long space shuttle takes to back earth from international space station?
5 mins
How long would it take for a space shuttle to reach mercury?
A long time. Mercury is 48 million miles from earth, when the 2 planets are at there closest to each other. The shuttle travels about 2000 miles per hour. There fore the trip would take 24,000 hours or 1000 days that is 2.7 yrs.
How long does it take to travel from space station to earth in a shuttle?
figure it out tard
How long would it take for a space shuttle to travel to Saturn?
long time compare to earth
How long did it take the space shuttle to get from Earth to the moon in 1969?
The space shuttle didn't go to the moon. But the Apollo 11 trip took four days.
How long will it take a rocket to get into outer space from the earth surface?
The space shuttle takes 8 minutes to reach orbit.
How long does it take a space shuttle to reach earth from space?
From my knoledge only a few seconds - minutes because of the high velocity heading down on earth
