The International Space Station orbits Earth at 28,000 km/h. Watch it move in real time.
The ISS travels at 7.66 km/s (27,600 km/h) — fast enough to circle the entire Earth in just 92 minutes. At this speed, astronauts see 16 sunrises per day.
The ISS orbits at approximately 408 km above Earth — in low Earth orbit (LEO). It occasionally boosts its altitude using cargo spacecraft to counteract atmospheric drag.
The ISS is 109 metres wide (wider than a football field) and has a pressurized volume of 916 cubic metres — roughly the size of a 6-bedroom house.
First module launched in 1998. The ISS has been continuously inhabited since November 2000 — over 24 years of non-stop human presence in space.