17. When the Space Station orbits Earth, how many miles does it travel for one orbit? (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

Each orbit takes the ISS roughly 25,000 miles. When the early explorers used to go around the Earth in their galleons, it took them years to get back to their starting point. Astronauts now do it in an hour and a half.

---

Answer provided by Derek Webber

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

Buy This Book Click here