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U.S. Manned Spaceflight: How Big and How High

U.S. MANNED SPACEFLIGHT BANG ZOOM APOLLO 13 (1970) 400,171.43 km 248,655 mi At this scale, Apollo 13 would reach 4,001.71 km/2,486.55 mi above this page. HOW BIG & HOW HIGH GEMINI 11 (1966) 1,374.06 km 853.8 mi HUBBLE TELESCOPE (1990) / 568.,1 km / 353 mi STS-82 (1997) 617.99 km 384 mi ISS (1998) / 370.15 km / 230 mi SKYLAB (1973) / 234.96 km / 146 mi MERCURY 8 (1962) 282.92 km 175.8 mi

U.S. Manned Spaceflight: How Big and How High

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This 11x14" poster shows the four main U.S. space program capsules and shuttles, to scale, along with the maximum altitude achieved. For altitude comparison the orbits of Skylab, the ISS and Hubble ar...

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