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There was more fuel on-board for the auxiliary propulsion systems and for the various modules, but the above was the fuel used to get the payload into space and to the moon. That's a total of 3,787,350 liters of fuel, or just over 1 million gallons of liquid fuel with a fuse! Wow! Of interest: Europe is preparing plans to join the U.S. in building a manned spaceship that will take men and women to the moon.
Step 3: Shoot the Moon Photo Credit: NASA. Slide 6 of 11. Step 3: Shoot the Moon After a couple trips around the globe, the leftover fuel in the stage-three engine is ignited to ramp up to 24,500 mph, propelling Apollo into translunar trajectory. Three days or so into the mission, the vessel enters lunar orbit.