The story for kids
This is the International Space Station, the astronauts' home in space. People from different countries live and work there. The station zooms around Earth very fast, and the astronauts see sixteen sunrises in one day! Up there, everything floats in the air, even drops of water and sleeping astronauts.
Facts
- It circles Earth about 400 km up.
- It goes once around Earth in about 90 minutes – about 16 times a day.
- People have lived there all the time since 2000.
Numbers
- Height
- ~400 km
- One turn
- ~90 minutes