To: smokingfrog
The altitude record for a human spaceflight in LEO was Gemini 11 with an apogee of 1,374.1 km.
6 posted on
04/20/2010 10:00:24 PM PDT by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: sonofstrangelove
Technically, the moon is in earth orbit. I do beleive more than on Apollo crew broke that Gemini XI record for highest orbit around the Earth.
13 posted on
04/21/2010 4:23:40 AM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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