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The distance of a light year. How long would it take the space shuttle to go one light-year? The shuttle orbits the Earth at about 5 miles per second (18,000 mph). Light travels at 186,000 miles per second, which is about 37,200 times faster than the shuttle. So the shuttle would need about 37,200 years to go one light-year.
How long does it take to reach the sun? The Sun is approximately 93,000,000 miles (150,000,000 km) or 1 AU (Astronomical unit) from Earth.   Light would take 8.3 minutes.   Voyager 1 ~38,000 mph would reach thâ¦e Sun in 101 days.   A Boeing 747 at cruising speed ~550 mph would take over 19 years.