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The Apollo capsules could go almost 40,000 km/h

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What is a return capsule?

A return capsule is a vehicle in which to travel on the return trip from somewhere. For example the first astronauts that walked on the moon used the descent vehicle "Eagle" to land on the Moon and get back to the "Return Capsule" (the Command/Service Module) which took them back to Earth.


How long would it take to get to the moon by a air plan?

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How do rockets land on earth when they return from moon?

The capsule on the tip of the rocket detaches when it leaves the atmosphere of earth, lands on the moon, then the capsule blasts off the moon and lands in the ocean in a "splashdown".


How fast does light travel from the sun to the moon?

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How long does it take to travel the moon in one mile?

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How fast does the Pacific Ocean travel?

I belive you are talking about how much does the ocean get impacted by the gravity of the moon. Depending on the distance of the moon from earth so thats why you get tide in and tide out.


Is the travel to the moon a conspiracy?

No. Man did travel and land on the moon.


Is there a way sound can travel on the moon?

It can travel through the moon's crust, yes - it is solid. But it cannot travel through the air on the moon, of course, because there Is no air on the moon!


How fast will the rocket go if you were traveling to the moon?

The rocket would need to achieve an escape velocity of about 25,000 miles per hour to break free of Earth's gravity and travel to the moon. Once in space, it would travel at a slower speed depending on its trajectory and distance to the moon.


How fast did the appollo 11 travel to the moon?

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What is the name of the force that pulls a capsule out of its straight trajectory and toward the center of the moon?

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How did neil Armstrong get to the moon?

In an Apollo capsule sitting on top of a Saturn V rocket.