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The shuttle rockets are not as powerful as the Saturn 5 rocket.

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How long does it take to get to the moon from earth using a space shuttle?

The Space Shuttle is incapable of traveling to the moon. The only manned spacecraft to travel to the moon was the Apollo spacecraft, which flew 9 lunar missions in the late 1960s and early 70s. Of these lunar missions, 6 successfully landed on the moon. Since Apollo 17 in 1972, no humans have visited the moon. The Apollo spacecraft, however, took about three days to reach the moon.


Is the Apollo a space shuttle?

No, Apollo missions used capsules launched atop Saturn V rockets to reach the Moon. Space shuttles were a different type of spacecraft used by NASA for various missions such as deploying satellites and building the International Space Station.


What was the first space shuttle on the moon called?

Space Shuttles are designed only for Earth orbiting missions and none has ever gone to the moon. The first manned space craft to reach the moon (in 1969) was an Apollo program Lunar Lander called Eagle.


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What was the name of the first spacecraft to reach the Moon?

The first spacecraft to reach the Moon was the Soviet spacecraft Luna 2, which successfully impacted the lunar surface on September 13, 1959.


Is the Kennedy space center where the first shuttle to the moon was lauched?

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Why did Apollo 8 go into space?

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How fast did Apollo spacecraft travel when going to the moon?

The Apollo spacecraft traveled approximately 25,000 miles per hour (40,000 km/h) on its journey to the moon. The spacecraft had to reach this high velocity to escape Earth's gravitational pull and reach the moon.


How long did it take to reach the moon in Apollo 11?

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How long does it take the space shuttle to reach the moons orbit?

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How much time it takes to reach out-space to the space shuttle?

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How much time did it take for Apollo spacecraft to reach the moon?

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