Landmarks / International Space Station
International Space Station
The ISS orbits about 400 km up.
- Real height
- 408 km
- Points needed
- 558
- Zone
- Near space
- Landmark
- 14 of 25
About International Space Station
The International Space Station circles Earth roughly every 92 minutes at about 7.7 km per second, so the crew sees around 16 sunrises a day. It orbits between about 400 and 420 km up.
People have lived aboard continuously since November 2000. It is the largest human-made object in orbit and can often be spotted with the naked eye as a fast, bright dot after sunset.
International Space Station in Clamber
You reach this landmark at 558 points. It is landmark 14 of the 21 between the ground and the Moon, which waits at 930 points. Its real height is about 1.2 times that of the previous landmark, Gagarin's orbit.
Answers are worth 0 to 100 points depending on how rare they are, so even a run of nothing but the rarest answers needs at least 6 holds to get here. A fall drops you to just below the last landmark you passed, so a landmark you have reached can slip away again. See how to play for the full rules.