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Out of this World Campaign

Let's Get Out of This World

The two-week Out of This World campaign has come to a close. Over two weeks in June, we tracked our movement minutes and set out on an intergalactic odyssey. 

Collective Minutes 

The final total accumulated movement minutes: 

241,135

During week 1, participants reported about 100,000 minutes. During week 2, that increased to about 140,000 minutes. This total number is the equivalent of 4,000 hours = 24 weeks = 5.5 months!!

In our total collective time, space-related objects would travel a wide variety of distances. 

  • Objects in low Earth orbit, like the International Space Station or the Space Shuttle, would orbit Earth about 2,500 times, while satellites in higher orbits would only orbit Earth 150-300 times. 
  • The Earth itself would travel 430 million miles / 690 million kilometers along its orbit around the sun. 
  • Uncrewed spacecraft, like the voyager probes, would travel about 150 million miles / 240 million kilometers. 

  • Light would travel an astonishing 2.7 trillion miles / 4.3 trillion kilometers.

     

Space Factoid of the Day 

NASA astronauts will participate in a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station on June 30th, 2026. It is estimated that they will need about 6.5 hours to repair a robotic arm. You can watch live coverage of the spacewalk!

                                                           An astronaut wearing a white suit waves to the camera. Mechanical gadgets fill the bottom of the image, and a second astronaut's legs are visible in the top left.

Image from NASA 

 

Prize Drawing Winners  

Congratulations to our prize drawing winners: 

  • Week 1: Lisa S
  • Week 2: Karen B 
  • Grand Prize: Bob B

                                                                   Blue background with yellow and orange starts surrounding the word congratulations

  Stock Image from Pexels 

 

Stay Updated on Future Events  

The Cornell Wellness staff is looking forward to offering more events that keep you motivated, build community, and support one another. You can check out all our programming here. Hope to see you all again soon!