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How far have

people been 3. A few hours before

into space? splashdown, the Service
Module was detached
and the crew saw for
the first time the huge
damage that had been
caused by the explosion.
In 1970, the crew members of the
Apollo 13 Moon mission traveled
a record distance of 248,655 miles

(400,171 km) from Earth.

4. The Command Module reentered
the Earth’s atmosphere at a
speed of 24,689 mph The Lunar Module is
(39,733 kph). the part of the spacecraft
designed to detach in
Moon orbit and descend
to the Moon’s surface.
The Command Module is
where the crew sits during
the journey to the Moon.

The Service Module contained a
rocket motor, fuel, oxygen, and
the electrical power supply.
FAST FACTS

Voyager 1 is the Solar system
farthest-flung human- Pluto
built object in space. Saturn Uranus Neptune
It is 13.1 billion miles
(21 billion km) from Earth Distance
Solar system distances are measured in AU (Astronomical
Earth, and in 2012 Units). One AU is the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
became the first
craft to leave our
solar system.

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