17 years since continuous human presence in space
On November 2, 2000, two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut arrived at the International Space Station, marking the start of an uninterrupted human presence in space. The $100-billion station is built by a collaboration of space agencies of US, Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe. ISS crew witnesses around 15-16 sunrises per day as it orbits Earth at 28,000 kmph.