• Question: ho long does it take to get to space

    Asked by rornoazoro on 4 Feb 2022.
    • Photo: Chiara Amato

      Chiara Amato answered on 4 Feb 2022:


      It really depends where you want to go. However, this is a summary of known distance:
      – to the Moon -> about 3 days
      – to Mars -> about 7 months
      – to Jupiter -> 600 days if we are only flying by it, or 2000 days if we are sending a spacecraft in orbit
      – to Saturn -> around 8 years
      – to Neptun -> around 12 years
      – to Pluto -> around 10 years
      – to Uranus -> around 15 years

    • Photo: Lauren Haygood

      Lauren Haygood answered on 4 Feb 2022:


      Space is about 62 miles upwards, at the end of Earth’s atmosphere (Karman Line). It can take anywhere from 3 hours to 6 days to get to the International Space Station.

    • Photo: Kaveri Sawant

      Kaveri Sawant answered on 5 Feb 2022:


      Days!

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