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The International Space Station Just Orbited Earth For The 100,000th Time

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The International Space Station Just Orbited Earth For The 100,000th Time

by The Daily Eye Team May 19 2016, 10:44 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 27 secs

After almost 18 years of circling Earth, the International Space Station completed its 100,000th orbit on Monday.
To remind us all of how completely metal that is, NASA released a video that breaks down what 100,000 trips around the planet actually means. That’s handy for me, because I can barely comprehend the distance between my bed and the bathroom most weekend mornings.
One hundred thousand orbits around the planet is equal to:
10 round trips to Mars
Nearly the distance to Neptune
More than 2.6 billion miles

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