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!
It takes 2 days. You might think that that's a long time for a space shuttle to go to the space station. Especially when you know that it takes about 2 minutes for the space sâ¦huttle to go into space. But here's why: The space station is orbiting the earth, and so will the space shuttle when it goes into space.