A spacecraft travelling at Parker Solar Probe’s peak speed would reach the Moon in about 35 minutes — a trip that took Apollo 11 roughly three days

At its record 692,000 km/h, Parker Solar Probe would cover the distance to the Moon in a little over half an hour, against Apollo 11's three days. But that peak is reached only at the Sun, flung by gravity, and Apollo was slow by design. What the comparison really shows. The post A spacecraft travelling at Parker Solar Probe’s peak speed would reach the Moon in about 35 minutes — a trip that took Apollo 11 roughly three days appeared first on Space Daily .