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How Long Does it Take to Get to the Moon… Mars… Jupiter? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 51

2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) During the Apollo program, when NASA sent humans to the Moon, those missions took several days to reach the Moon. The fastest of these was Apollo 8, which...

Feb 19, 2025

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