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The Apollo was either on the moon or orbiting the moon, so in either case it was orbiting the earth.
by ghshephard 12y ago
The Apollo was either on the moon or orbiting the moon, so in either case it was orbiting the earth.
- pmontra 12y agoA very peculiar orbit but OK. So my next candidate is the Startdust mission. That went into a solar orbit and released a capsule to return samples to Earth on a fly by in 2006 before being sent to visit a comet in 2011. That capsule is quoted to have been the fastest reentry for a man made object at 12.9 km/s, which is faster than Earth escape velocity at sea level. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_%28spacecraft%29#Launch_and_trajectory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_%28spacecraft%29#Launc...