How the hell did it travel such a long distance?
In: Earth Science
The capsule launched six years ago and traveled 180 million miles. That’s an average of about 3,400 miles per hour.
That’s not actually very fast, as these things go. Orbital speed is about 17,000 miles per hour. You get these speeds by flying big ass rockets into orbit, and then using gravity to slingshot around the solar system.
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