For a period of time it stayed in lunar orbit, however, that orbit eventually decayed and the ascent stage crashed onto the moon.
Both the astronauts stayed for about 21 hours on the moon.
No. The speed of any orbiting body depends only on the energy of its orbit, meaning mainly its distancefrom the central body.When a Space Shuttle astronaut performs a 'space walk', and momentarily unhooks his feet from thehull of the shuttle, he and the shuttle are both in earth orbit. The astronaut and the shuttle have thesame orbital speed, and they stay close together, even though the shuttle has somewhat more massthan the astronaut has.
A polar orbit (as opposed to an equatorial orbit) passes over the poles, north and south. A low orbit is relatively close to the Earth (or other object being orbited), it might be a few hundred miles up.
You don't really have a question here. If the satellite is in orbit, the mass is essentially irrelevant; it wouldn't change the speed of the orbit or the altitude. A larger satellite mass WOULD HAVE required more fuel and more energy to LAUNCH it, but once in orbit, it will stay there. The only exception would be an exceptionally large, light satellite. There is still some minuscule traces of atmosphere at 200 miles, and a large, light satellite would be slowed by air friction much more than a small dense satellite would. This is what caused the "ECHO" satellite - essentially a silvered mylar balloon inflated in orbit as a primitive reflector comsat - to deorbit.
False. The astronaut will stay in orbit with the space station on less some force acts on him or her.
The command and service modules stayed in orbit around the moon to provide communication and life support for the astronauts on the lunar surface, as well as to ensure a safe return journey back to Earth. They acted as the link between the lunar module and Mission Control on Earth.
Stay in orbit
For a planet to stay in it's orbit the forces must be in balance.
The correct time that an eagle can stay on an egg is about 35 days. The eagle will then care for the babies for up to about 3 months.
Sir Isac Newton was the scientist who discovered why the planets stay in orbit.
Gravity holds satellites in orbit.
because of the gravity
The fuel supply of a space shuttle typically lasts for about 8.5 minutes after liftoff. During this time, the shuttle uses up the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen fuel to power its main engines for the initial ascent phase before they are jettisoned.
The total time in space was just over 8 days and 3 hours. Just under 22 hours of that was spent on the lunar surface, with Armstrong and Aldrin spending a little over 2.5 hours walking around outside the LM.
Interia and gravity combine to make a planet stay in an orbit.
The period of difference between a solar year (365 days) and a lunar year (354 days) is roughly 11 days. This is why lunar calendars (based on the moon's phases) need to add intercalary months to stay in sync with solar calendars (based on Earth's orbit around the sun).
There was a remote chance that a lunar lander might not be able to take off from the surface. Staying in orbit ensured that at least one of the crew had a good chance of returning in the event of a disaster.