Crewed station in low Earth orbit
International Space Station
Crewed without a break since November 2000. It circles Earth every 93 minutes, so astronauts see 16 sunrises a day.
- Altitude
- ~420 km
- Speed
- 7.66 km/s
- Orbit
- 93 minutes
- Size
- 109 m end to end
Air on board
- N₂ 78%
- O₂ 21%
Pressurised modules at sea-level air pressure
Measured by NASA