A rocket ship, on its way to the moon, can get up to almost 25,000 miles per hour in order to escape the Earths atmosphere. However, it does not go that fast the whole way. Also, the ship cannot fly directly from the Earth straight to the moon surface. When it gets to the moon, the rocket needs to fly around and figure out a good spot to land. The first mission to stop on the moon with astronauts on it, Apollo 11, landed about four days after leaving...
