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2007-12-21 01:50:57 · 5 answers · asked by AwesomeAsker 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Gemini 11 reached a maximum altitude of 1368.9 km or about 850 miles (NASA says 739.2nm because they use nautical miles instead of regular statute miles), which is in the lower parts of the belt, in 1966. That is the highest any manned space craft has ever gone, except for Apollo of course.
2007-12-21 01:54:31 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. The highest that non-lunar missions have gone is less than 400 miles, well below the Van Allen Belt.
2007-12-21 01:53:21 · answer #2 · answered by David Bowman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the Gemini flights (either 11 or 12, not sure which) used the fuel in the Agena booster it was docked to to boost their altitude up to 840 miles, and they probably were touching the inner belt.
2007-12-21 04:27:49 · answer #3 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So we took a 57 chevy to the moon and haven't done it since?
2015-06-29 11:08:35 · answer #4 · answered by Marc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we never went to the moon
2007-12-21 01:53:35 · answer #5 · answered by joe k 1 · 3⤊ 5⤋