ISS
Started on
Age
Friday November 20, 1998
27
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Basic information
AKA
International Space Station
Category
others
Country
United States
Description
Modular space station in low Earth orbit.
It is the largest artificial object in space and the largest satellite in low Earth orbit.
Multinational project of five space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada).
The ISS circles the Earth in roughly 93 minutes, completing 15.5 orbits per day.
The first ISS component was launched in 1998, and the first long-term residents arrived on 2 November 2000.
As of December 2021, 251 astronauts, cosmonauts, and space tourists from 19 different nations have visited the space station, many of them multiple times.
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Half birthday 
Next half birthday falls on
Friday May 22, 2026
It is going to happen in
Age in different time units
Months
Weeks
Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Planet Age
How old ISS would be if it was started on a different planet
Mercury
113.93 years
Venus
44.6 years
Mars
14.59 years
Jupiter
2.31 years
Saturn
0.93 years
Celebrate NOW
ISS - Celebrations from his DOB
- 6 days from now, May 5, 2026, ISS celebrate 114th Mercury age
- 21 days from now, May 20, 2026, ISS celebrate exactly 330 months
- 23 days from now, May 22, 2026, ISS celebrate 28th half birthday
- 89 days from now, July 27, 2026, ISS celebrate 45th Venus age
- 94 days from now, August 1, 2026, ISS celebrate 115th Mercury age
- 182 days from now, October 28, 2026, ISS celebrate 116th Mercury age
- 205 days from now, November 20, 2026, ISS celebrate 28th birthday
- 270 days from now, January 24, 2027, ISS celebrate 117th Mercury age
- 282 days from now, February 5, 2027, ISS celebrate 15th Mars age
- 314 days from now, March 9, 2027, ISS celebrate 46th Venus age
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