How long was the Apollo 11 journey to the moon?

How long was the Apollo 11 journey to the moon?

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Apollo 11's journey to the moon and back lasted exactly 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds.
Here are the details:
- FIRST STAGE: The Saturn V rocket of the Apollo 11 mission launches from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969.
Rocket reaches an altitude of 68km above the earth at a speed of 9,920 km/h (2.75km /s).
- SECOND STAGE: Fires second-stage rockets to push craft to an altitude of 176km at 25,182 km/h (7km/s)
- THIRD STAGE: Third-stage rocket fires and orbits the earth 1-1 / 2 times before a "trans-lunar injection " (TLI ) propels it on course to the Moon.
- July 19, 1969: Three days later, the spacecraft reaches the Moon's orbit.
- July 20, 1969: Armstrong pilots the lander to the designated landing spot on the Moon's surface. The 'Eagle' Moon lander touches down on 'Mare Seneretatis' ( Sea of Tranquility).
21 hours is the length of time Armstrong and Aldrin spent on the Moon. Aldrin had spent one hour, 33 minutes on the surface. Then he re-entered the 'Eagle', followed 41 minutes later by Armstrong.
The two performed experiments took pictures, and planted the US flag. They collected rock samples and left behind scientific instruments such as the retroreflector array and a passive seismic device used to measure " moonquakes ".
- July 21, 1969, 1.53 pm - The journey home:
To leave the Moon, Armstrong and Aldrin entered the Lunar Module, fired the ascent rocket to lift the upper section (leaving the lower section on the Moon) and docked with Collins in the orbiter 'Columbia ' .
- July 22, 1969: The three explorers fired away from lunar orbit back to the Earth orbit.
- July 24, 1969: the three men returned safety to Earth, having gone where no other men had gone before.
They were only 10 seconds delayed from the expected time and within a few meters of expected target.

Total travel time: 9 days (8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds)
Total distance covered: 1,533,222 km (Apollo 11 Command and Service Module)
21-day Quarantine: The astronauts, made to wear biological isolation garments after splashdown, were required to stay inside the facility in medical isolation as a precaution against an uncertain threat of contagion.

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