How long does it take to travel to the moon?
The Moon is about 384000 kilometers away from the Earth on average. How long it takes to get there depends on how fast you go; the minimum time is about 1.3 seconds, which is the amount of time required for light to get from the Earth to the Moon or vice versa. The Apollo astronauts took a few days to get there, but they were pretty much coasting most of the way.
It took the Apollo astronauts about 4 days to get to the moon – they left the Earth going about 25,000 mph, but slowed down all the way, until finally the lunar gravity took over. The first lunar mission (without landing) was December, 1968. The last manned mission was December, 1972. The first landing was Apollo 11, on July 20, 1969. There were 9 trips to the moon, 7 went to land, but one (Apollo 13) aborted it’s mission due to an explosion. So there were 6 successful landings, 12 men walked on it’s surface, and 24 men made the trip. (3 of those guys went twice… Jim Lovell was on Apollo 8 and Apollo 13, John Young was on Apollo 10 and Apollo 16, and Gene Cernan was on Apollo 10 and Apollo 17.
