13+ Distance International Space Station From Earth Gallery. It was put together in low earth orbit up until 2011, but other bits have been added since then. In the third episode of minute friday, i delve into the question as to why the iss is 400 km above our earth instead of some other orbits follow me.

47 Breath Taking Images From The International Space Station from cdn.pocket-lint.com

Not only serving as a home to astronauts and cosmonauts but also functioning as a unique in this image tidal backwash transports the muddy water a short distance upstream into the smaller uruguay river (image lower right). It would not be wrong to say that it is a laboratory flying in space, new technology do you know that in one day, the station travels about the distance it would take to go from earth to the moon and back? The iss has been added to, rearranged, and modified since the first piece was launched in nov 1998.

Most of the time, the international space station (iss) is orbiting the earth at an altitude of approximately 220 miles (354 km), which places it in low earth orbit (leo).

The international space station (zarya) is the largest satellite ever constructed and easily visible from earth. See planet earth from the perspective of nasa's international space station with this live webcam! The very first photo taken of earth from the iss in november 2000. The international space station (zarya) is the largest satellite ever constructed and easily visible from earth.