About how long does it take the International Space Station to circle Earth?
37 minutes
1 hour and 32 minutes
6 hours and 4 minutes
9 hours and 12 minutes
The International Space Station takes approximately 92 minutes to complete one orbit around the Earth. This means that it circles our planet about 16 times a day, traveling at a mind-boggling speed of roughly 17,500 miles per hour at an average altitude of 248 miles above Earth. This incredible pace allows astronauts aboard the ISS to witness a sunrise and sunset every 45 minutes, as they continuously transition between the sunlit side and the dark side of the Earth. The ISS is the largest single structure humans ever put into space.
The correct answer is 1 hour and 32 minutes.