What’s Amazing about Space Exploring the Exploring the Exploring the International Space Station Laura Hamilton Waxman Lerner Publications Minneapolis
chapter 1 A Home In SpAce Imagine waking up in a sleeping bag But you aren’t in a tent You aren’t even on the ground You’re attached to a wall Outside your window lies the bright blue Earth You float out of your sleeping bag to start the day It’s just another morning on the International Space Station ISS A view of Earth from space What do people aboard the ISS see when they look out their windows 4
big and Fast The ISS flies 240 miles 386 kilometers above our planet It circles Earth at 17,200 miles 27,720 km per hour Each full circle around Earth is called an orbit An orbit takes ninety minutes The ISS circles high above Earth 5
