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The orbiter flies about 17,400 mph while it orbits the Earth. The Apollo command module got up to about 25,000 mph while going to and returning from the Moon. Both these spacecraft had human crews. ---- Answer provided by Jon H. Brown Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image:9781894959421. ...

... it reaches space it is traveling at least 17,000 mph. We don't have to go a specific speed to leave the atmosphere, but we have to be traveling at a minimum of ...

To go into orbit, the orbiter must achieve about 25,400 feet per second. ---- Answer provided by Jon H. Brown Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image:9781894959421.jpg '''Buy This Book''' http://www.apogeebooks.com/Books/For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To ...

It is hard to tell, because we are limited by the type of rockets and fuel we use now. Right now, we can travel about 25,000 mph in space. There are a lot of new ideas being studied which may enable us to go faster, but will we ever be able to travel at the speed of light? It is hard to say. There is a lot about getting to that speed that we don't know. We need more ...

This book, Kids to Space: A Space Traveler's Guide, is a private spaceflight guide Other books that we recommend before your flight are The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas ... when you board an airplane—and how to have a great time, which probably you already know how to do. Any training would help you do those two things. Before you leave you ... to learn a little more about the spaceship you are on, how it works, and what cool things you can do while you are out in space. ---- Answer provided by Tim Bailey ...

How long we would have to stay inside a spaceship would depend on where we were traveling, or, if it were a manned space platform, how soon before the relief ship came and our work ... and outside spaces and after a few years this could start to bother future space travelers. ---- Answer provided by Hazel McAndrews Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the ...

... assumes the rocket burn takes place in space beyond the influence of gravity. It is usually calculated using the rocket equation, derived and first published by Tsiolkovsky in 1903. Multistage rockets ... is ever achieved, then humans will have the capability to travel anywhere in the solar system and return within several years of travel time. ---- Answer provided by John W. Cole Image:K2S ...

... we will not have any air friction to slow us down. Our speed will depend on how much thrust our rocket has at that point. And the more fuel we lose, the lighter we are, and the faster we go. In order to stay in space and circle the Earth, the Space Shuttle must travel at least 17,000 ...

... spaceship has to travel at a minimum of about 25,000 mph to get to the Moon. To go faster, we would only need more fuel. But when we get closer to the Moon and are ready to orbit it, we will have to use a lot more fuel to slow us down so that we don't crash into the Moon. ---- Answer provided by John Cavallaro Image:K2S logosmall.jpg ...

The most common space missions are Shuttle missions and usually last about a week. If the astronauts go to the ISS, they can spend up ...

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