A closer look
The ultimate speeding ticket still awaits the crew of Apollo 10, proving humanity only builds rockets to see how incredibly fast we can run away from our own planet. In 1969, while returning from their lunar orbit dress rehearsal, the spacecraft hit a blistering reentry speed of 24,791 miles per hour. That is roughly Mach 32. At that speed, you could commute from New York to Los Angeles in less than seven minutes, making it the undisputed, all-time transport speed record for any manned vehicle in existence.
