Science Class 5 Earth and Universe

Asked by AKSHAY GURU VARADHARAJAN · SRI CHAITANYA TECHNO SCHOOL, JAYANTI NAGAR.

How many times per day do astronauts see the sunrise from the international space station?

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Answer: C. Sixteen

The International Space Station (ISS) travels at a high speed of 17,500 mph.
At this speed, it completes one full orbit around Earth every 90 minutes.
This results in about 16 orbits in a 24-hour day.
Because they circle the planet so many times, astronauts witness a sunrise and a sunset during every single orbit.

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