Record Number of People in Orbit at the Same Time Has Been Broken – Webtekno

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. The last record was broken for the number of people in orbit at the same time. Currently, 17 people are in Earth orbit.

The record was broken by Axiom Space’s second private space mission, which took place on May 30. 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. This record is not actually a space record, as it is defined as “space” after 100 kilometers above the earth’s surface.

The record for the most people in space at the same time was broken on December 11, 2021 by Blue Origin’s NS-19 mission. 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:

1. Sergey Prokopyev (Russia)
2. Dmitry Petelin (Russia)
3. Andrey Fedyaev (Russia)
4. Frank Rubio (USA)
5. Stephen Bowen (USA)
6. Warren Hoburg (USA)
7. Sultan Al Neyadi (UAE)
8. Peggy Whitson (USA)
9. John Shoffner (USA)
10. Ali AlQarni (Saudi Arabia)
11. Rayyanah Barnawi (Saudi Arabia)
12. Fei Junlong (China)
13. Deng Qingming (China)
14. Zhang Lu (China)
15. Jing Haipeng (China)
16. Zhu Yangzhu (China)
17. Gui Haichao (China)

• NOTE: Chinese taikonauts are based on their station Tiangong, which China has placed in orbit.