Apollo 11 – How Long to Get to the Moon?

As soon as they entered lunar orbit, it took three days for their spacecraft to slow enough to be captured by lunar gravity and for astronauts to unbolt from CSM before making their initial moonwalks. On July 21, 1969, commander Neil Armstrong and LM pilot Buzz Aldrin made history when they set foot on the […]

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