16. How far or how many miles would a normal space trip be? (A K2S Question)

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None of today's astronauts has been any higher than LEO orbit, at about 250 miles altitude, and they go around the Earth once every 90 minutes. Some of them stay at the International Space Station (ISS) for as long as six months at a time, going around the Earth sixteen times a day, every day.

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