With the last mission of Axiom Space, the record for the number of people in orbit at the same time was broken. Currently, 17 different people are in Earth orbit.
The world has entered a new stage in the space age. Now even touristic trips have begun in our orbit. As a result, new records have already begun to be heard in space. last record, the number of people in orbit at the same time broken. full right now 17 people are in Earth orbit.
The record was held on May 30. With Axiom Space’s second private space mission broken. An astronaut and 3 space passengers were launched into space with the Crew Dragon spacecraft, and landed on the ISS.
Not to be confused with the “Most people in space at one time” record:
The record set aboard the International Space Station broke the record for the most people in Earth orbit at the same time. Since it is defined as “space” after 100 kilometers from the earth, this record is actually It’s not a space record.
The record for the most simultaneous people in space will be set on December 11, 2021. With Blue Origin’s NS-19 mission was broken. In this mission, 19 people reached an altitude of 107 kilometers with Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft and made a 10-minute journey.
All people currently on the ISS:
- Sergey Prokopyev (Russia)
- Dmitry Petelin (Russia)
- Andrey Fedyaev (Russia)
- Frank Rubio (USA)
- Stephen Bowen (USA)
- Warren Hoburg (USA)
- Sultan Al Neyadi (UAE)
- Peggy Whitson (USA)
- John Shoffner (USA)
- Ali AlQarni (Saudi Arabia)
- Rayyanah Barnawi (Saudi Arabia)
- Fei Junlong (China)
- Deng Qingming (China)
- Zhang Lu (China)
- Jing Haipeng (China)
- Zhu Yangzhu (China)
- Gui Haichao (China)
- NOTE: Chinese taikonauts are based on their station Tiangong, which China has placed in orbit.
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Source :
https://www.iflscience.com/new-record-set-with-17-people-in-earth-orbit-at-the-same-time-69176