verb preÂ·heat \(Ë)prÄ-ËhÄt\. : to heat (an oven) to a particular temperature before putting food to be cooked inside. See words that rhyme with preheat Spanish Central: Translation of preheat Nglish: Translation of preheat for Spanish speakers.
The International Space Station travels in orbit around Earth at a speed of roughly 17,150 miles per hour (that's about 5 miles per second!). This means that the Space Station orbits Earth (and sees a sunrise) once every 92 minutes!
Astronauts fly to International Space Station in under six hours. Three astronauts have arrived at the International Space Station from Kazakhstan in less than the time it takes to fly from London to New York. A rocket booster carrying the 'Soyuz TMA-08M' spacecraft lifts off from the Cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan Photo: EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY.