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

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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