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Why did it take the Apollo moon missions 3 days to reach the moon if they were traveling at 25K mph?
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∙ 14y ago
Because the moon is 360,ooo KM away and the Earth's gravity slowed them down on the way, until they were very close to the Moon and the Moon's gravity started speeding them up.
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How long does it take from the Earth to the moon with people on the rocket?
For the Apollo Missions, it took on an average of 4 days to reach the moon.
How long it would take to reach the moon?
It depends on how fast you are traveling, Apollo astronauts orbited the moon for three days,then landed on the surface the fourth day.
How many Apollo missions?
There were 5 unmanned missions following the ill-fated Apollo 1 disaster. After that, there were 2 earth orbital missions (Apollo 7 & Apollo 9), and 9 lunar missions (Apollo 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17). There were 3 long duration earth orbital missions after Apollo 17 that used the Apollo hardware and spacecraft. Skylab 1 was the workshop itself where the astronauts lived for months at a time. Skylab 2 lasted 28 days, Skylab 3 lasted 56 days and Skylab 4 lasted 84 days in space. The last mission to use Apollo spacecraft was the first joint mission with the Soviet Union. An American Apollo docked with a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft. The 2 vehicles stayed docked for 44 hours before parting ways. The last Apollo spacecraft splashed down on July 24, 1975. So total there were 19 "Apollo" missions. 13 manned missions and 6 unmanned.
How long did Apollo 12 take to get to the moon?
It took Apollo 12 3 days to reach the moon.
How many days did it take for Apollo 11 to get on the moon?
It took 3 days for Apollo 11 to reach the Moon after leaving Earth orbit.
How long does it take to travel from the moon to the earth?
The Apollo missions took about three days to reach the moon from earth orbit
How long does it take from the Earth to the moon with people on the rocket?
For the Apollo Missions, it took on an average of 4 days to reach the moon.
How long is it to the moon?
Just like on earth, the length of a trip depends on how fast you are traveling. -- If you were traveling at 100 kph in a straight line, it would take about 160 days to reach the moon. -- At 1,000 mph in a straight line, you could be there in a bit under 10 days. -- The Apollo missions made each half of the trip ... there and back ... in roughly three days.
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.
How long it would take to reach the moon?
It depends on how fast you are traveling, Apollo astronauts orbited the moon for three days,then landed on the surface the fourth day.
How long did it take Apollo to reach its destination?
it took about 8 days to reach its destination.
How many days did it take the Apollo to get to the moon?
It took 3 days for Apollo 11 to reach the Moon after leaving Earth orbit.
How far apart are each missions from each other?
a days worth of traveling
How long did Apollo 12 take to get to the moon?
It took Apollo 12 3 days to reach the moon.
How many Apollo missions?
There were 5 unmanned missions following the ill-fated Apollo 1 disaster. After that, there were 2 earth orbital missions (Apollo 7 & Apollo 9), and 9 lunar missions (Apollo 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17). There were 3 long duration earth orbital missions after Apollo 17 that used the Apollo hardware and spacecraft. Skylab 1 was the workshop itself where the astronauts lived for months at a time. Skylab 2 lasted 28 days, Skylab 3 lasted 56 days and Skylab 4 lasted 84 days in space. The last mission to use Apollo spacecraft was the first joint mission with the Soviet Union. An American Apollo docked with a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft. The 2 vehicles stayed docked for 44 hours before parting ways. The last Apollo spacecraft splashed down on July 24, 1975. So total there were 19 "Apollo" missions. 13 manned missions and 6 unmanned.
How many days did it take for Apollo 11 to get on the moon?
It took 3 days for Apollo 11 to reach the Moon after leaving Earth orbit.
How long did it take to reach the moon in Apollo 11?
It took roughly three days to reach the moon.
