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Armageddon (1998)

Earth → Earth orbit → Moon orbit → Earth

No date is given; the asteroid is found 18 days before it would hit Earth. 888,392 km in all on the map.

MoonEarth253To scale, seen from above.Date unknown: the Moon's place on its orbit is arbitrary; the ship takes the most efficient orbit.The swing around the Moon is drawn wider than it was.
1Orange lines over the map: the ground under the ship in orbit, from the launch site.Where the film doesn't say how long, one orbit is drawn.
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    Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39 Earth · date unknown

    The shuttles Freedom and Independence lift off side by side from pads 39A and 39B.

    Freedom and Independence

  2. 2

    Mir Earth, orbit · date unknown

    The shuttles refuel at the Russian station; a fire destroys Mir and Lev Andropov joins the crew.

    Freedom and Independence · 444,328 km

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    Slingshot around the Moon Moon, orbit · date unknown

    The shuttles whip around the Moon to come up behind the asteroid.

    Freedom and Independence

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    The asteroid in space · date unknown

    An asteroid “the size of Texas” heading for Earth: Independence crashes, Freedom lands 26 miles off target, and Harry Stamper stays behind to detonate the bomb.

    Freedom

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    Back on Earth Earth · date unknown

    Freedom lands and the survivors are greeted as heroes.