A space shuttle has never left the galaxy and never will. However, theoretically it would take a space shuttle an unimaginable amount of time to leave the galaxy. (I'm sure someone can provide a more precise answer).
The Andromeda Galaxy is 12,904,531,200,000,000,000 miles away and the space shuttle orbits at 18,000 mph so to travel to the Andromeda Galaxy in the space shuttle would take 81.8 billion years which is around 18 times the currrent age of the universe!!!
The maximum speed achieved by the shuttle is 17,500mphThe Andromeda Galaxy is about 2.54 million light years away, which is about 1.5 x 1019 miles.This gives a total time of 857,142,857,142,857 hours, which equates to about 97,700,000,000 years.So about 98 billion years.Don't forget to bring along a good book.
long time compare to earth
It takes approximately 3 days for a space shuttle to reach the moon from Earth. This timeline includes the launch, travel time, and lunar orbit insertion.
The space shuttle took about 8-10 minutes to reach orbit. It would then take around 6 hours for the space shuttle to catch up with the space station for docking.
It could not, the shuttle cannot leave low earth orbit
The Andromeda Galaxy is 12,904,531,200,000,000,000 miles away and the space shuttle orbits at 18,000 mph so to travel to the Andromeda Galaxy in the space shuttle would take 81.8 billion years which is around 18 times the currrent age of the universe!!!
The maximum speed achieved by the shuttle is 17,500mphThe Andromeda Galaxy is about 2.54 million light years away, which is about 1.5 x 1019 miles.This gives a total time of 857,142,857,142,857 hours, which equates to about 97,700,000,000 years.So about 98 billion years.Don't forget to bring along a good book.
I frankly doubt the actual shuttle design allows it to reach escape velocity enough to leave Earth's gravitational well, leave alone the possibility to escape Solar system.
It takes about 13.99 billion years for a galaxy to form.
It takes about 13.99 billion years for a galaxy to form.
Less than 10 minutes
long time compare to earth
200 years
8 minutes for the shuttle to go to space
Assuming that the maximum speed of a Space Shuttle is 17,500 miles per hour, it would take about 24 days.
It takes approximately 3 days for a space shuttle to reach the moon from Earth. This timeline includes the launch, travel time, and lunar orbit insertion.