• Question: how long does it take to get to the moon and back

    Asked by boony07 to Pip on 7 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Pip Millington

      Pip Millington answered on 7 Nov 2016:

      Of the six trips that humans have made to the moon and back, the shortest took 8 days and 3 hours and the longest took 12 days 13 hours.

      Incidentally the astronaut crew of Apollo 13 experienced problems and had to go all the way round the moon before coming back – that took them just over 5 days and 22 hours.

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