International Space Station orbits Earth for 100,000th time

ISS circles planet once every 90 minutes and has now travelled about the distance of 10 return trips to Mars

The International Space Station, the space laboratory that showcases cooperation between Russia and the US, has orbited Earth for the 100,000th time, Russian mission control said.

"Today the ISS made its 100,000th orbit around Earth," the mission control centre based in Moscow said in a statement.