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Did Apollo's velocity slow down after TLI due to Earth's gravity?

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1 I assume Apollo's velocity slowed down after it left Earth orbit, for how long was it decelerating. Did it start accelerating as it approached the Moon. What was the rate of deceleration due to Earth's gravity? the-moon crewed-spaceflight apollo-program trajectory share | improve this question edited 5 hours ago PearsonArtPhoto ♦ 80.5k 16 230 443 asked 6 hours ago Bob516 Bob516 1,417 1 3 16 ...