The InternationalSpace Station

Fun Facts

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It’s Huge! • The space station has two bathrooms, a gym, and more room than a six-bedroom house. • The orbiting laboratory is about the length of a football field, and weighs 925,000 pounds. • It’s the largest space vehicle ever sent into space.

It’s Fast! • The station orbits the Earth 16 times a day, so an astronaut sees a sunrise and a sunset every 90 minutes. • It travels around the Earth at 17,500 miles per hour.

It’s a Science Lab! • There have been over 2,300 science investigations on the space station. • It allows scientists and researchers to monitor climate change, areas impacted by natural disasters, and urban growth on Earth. • The station enables research within fields like life sciences, and monitors astronaut health in space.

It’s Out of this World! • Astronauts from 18 countries have visited the space station.