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It takes astronauts about three days to travel from Earth to the moon in a spacecraft. This journey includes launch, travel time, and lunar orbit insertion before landing on the moon.
Apollo 11 astronauts walked on the moon in 1969.
Astronauts use small bursts from little jets pointed in the direction of travel to slow down the ship when they approach the moon.
The Apollo 15 astronauts rode a lunar rover on the moon in 1971.
No astronauts have died on the moon. All astronauts who have traveled to the moon returned safely to Earth.