Sage-Tips

How long would it take to get to the sun by rocket?

If we were to launch an imaginary spacecraft from Earth that would travel around 153,454 mi / 246,960 km per hour constantly, it would reach the Sun in 606 hours, or 25 days.

How long would it take for an astronaut to get to the sun?

At this speed, how many days would it take to travel to the sun from Earth, located at a distance of 149 million kilometers? Answer: Time = Distance/speed so Time = 149,000,000 km/ 28,000 = 5321 hours or 222 days.

How fast does a rocket return to Earth?

Typical low earth orbit re-entry speeds are near 17,500 mph and the Mach number M is nearly twenty five, M < 25. The chief characteristic of re-entry aerodynamics is that the temperature of the flow is so great that the chemical bonds of the diatomic molecules of the air are broken.

Is it possible to land on the sun?

The Sun has no solid surface to “land” on, so no, humans will never be able to land on the Sun.

How fast was Saturn V when it cleared the tower?

Let’s see, yes, 10 seconds for the Saturn V to clear the tower and was going only 60 mph. Al Worden said that Apollo 15 was heavy and took 13 seconds till tower clear.

Why does the Earth not get closer to the sun?

We are not getting closer to the sun, but scientists have shown that the distance between the sun and the Earth is changing. The sun shines by burning its own fuel, which causes it to slowly lose power, mass, and gravity. The sun’s weaker gravity as it loses mass causes the Earth to slowly move away from it.

How long would it take to travel to Saturn from Earth?

It took these two spacecraft about 3 years and 2 months to reach the ringed planet of Saturn. The nearest star (after our Sun, of course!) is Proxima Centauri at a distance of 4.2 light years. At a speed of 17 km/sec (such as what the Voyager 1 spacecraft currently has), it would take about 75,000 years to reach Proxima Centauri.

What would it take to launch a rocket to the Sun?

So to get a rocket to fall into the sun, we would need to launch it with enough energy to accelerate to 65,000 mph in the opposite direction of Earth’s orbit. Anything short of that just puts the spacecraft in an elliptical orbit that never hits the star. New Horizons, the fastest spacecraft ever launched, left the Earth at only 36,000 mph.

How long would it take a spacecraft to reach the Sun?

Depends on the spacecraft – The Sun is 93 million miles away. Voyager 1, travels at about 38,000 miles per hour give or take … so not including acceleration or deceleration, it would take about 100 days to reach the Sun.

How big of a rocket could the Saturn V rocket launch?

The Saturn V could launch about 43,500 kilograms (50 tons) to the moon. That’s about the same as four school buses. The Saturn V was developed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.