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How Far is the International Space Station?

Distance to the ISS

408.0km

253.5

miles

408,000

metres

That's also...

🍫
3.6M
Mars Bars
🍪
7.4M
Jaffa Cakes
🍪
5.7M
Digestive Biscuits
🍪
6.3M
Custard Creams
🍫
4.5M
Kit Kat Fingers
🐸
5.8M
Freddos
🍪
5.5M
Wagon Wheels
🍌
2.3M
Bananas
🥖
1.3M
Subway Footlongs
🍝
1.6M
Spaghetti Strands
🥔
6.8M
Pringles
🍪
6.3M
Hobnobs

Time to travel...

🚶
3.4 days
Walking
🚴
20.4 hrs
Cycling
🚗
3.6 hrs
UK Motorway (70mph)
✈️
27.2 min
Commercial Flight
🚀
37.7 sec
Apollo 11
💡
1.4 ms
Speed of Light
👶
11.3 days
Crawling (baby)
🏃
1.4 days
Running

Fun fact: The ISS is so close that astronauts can see individual cities and landmarks on Earth!

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Find out the altitude of the International Space Station above Earth.

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