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Apollo missions took about three days to reach the moon. But the quickest trip to the moon was the New Horizons probe, which zipped past the moon in just 8 hours 35 minutes on its way to Pluto. However, the spacecraft didn't even slow down or approach lunar orbit. Tidal forces.
NASA's Apollo manned missions (1969 to 1972) took approximately 3 days to reach the Moon. Unmanned probes can take slightly longer to save fuel. Two Chinese probes launched inâ¦ 2007 and 2010 took different paths, the first taking 12 days and the second only 4 days on a direct route. 7 people found this useful.