27,404 feet per second equates to 18,684.5 miles per hour.
The space shuttle travels in low earth orbit (LEO), from 120 to 380 miles in space.
All space shuttle vehicles orbit at a speed of 17,320 miles per hour.
I believe that when a space shuttle is traveling at its fastest it goes about 17,321 miles per hour.
It doesn't. The space shuttle never gets significantly closer to the Moon than its launching pad does (the space shuttle generally operates at a few hundred miles altitude, tops; the Moon is 240,000 miles away).
230 miles out into space
The Space Shuttle typically orbited the Earth at an altitude of about 150 to 400 miles (240 to 640 kilometers).
The space shuttle has a reentry speed of about 17,000 miles per hour.
A space shuttle travels at or around 7,500 MPH or miles per hour
Discovery is NASA's oldest space shuttle and it has been in flight for more than 25 years. Currently, it has traveled 148,221,675 miles.
20 miles
Assuming that the maximum speed of a Space Shuttle is 17,500 miles per hour, it would take about 24 days.
Space Shuttle Endeavour, the youngest shuttle in the fleet. It was transferred to the California Science Center.