How long did the flight to the moon take?

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.

Source : http://www.space.com/18145-how-far-is-the-moon.html

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