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How long does it take to travel to the moon?

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The fastest human-made craft to whiz by the moon was the New Horizon probe launched by NASA in 2006 .

In 1959 , the Soviet Union's Luna 1 took 34 hours to reach the moon.

In 1969 , it took the Apollo 11 crew 109 hours and 42 minutes from liftoff to Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon . NASA 's CAPSTONE probe took 4.5 months to leave Earth , circle it several times, and enter the moon's orbit.

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