Orbital Population
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With the dawn of the 21st century, human presence in orbit around Earth, also called Earth orbit or geocentric orbit has become permanent, meaning that there was not a single day since November 2000 without humans orbiting Earth.[1][2] At this point the amount of humans can still be given in exact figures:
| As of 8 Apr 2022, | ||||
| there are | 14
|
humans in total | ||
| living in orbit around Earth | ||||
| (of those | 2
|
are women).[lower-alpha 1] | ||
| The current record number | ||||
| of | 14
|
humans in total | ||
| was first reached on 16 Sep 2021[3] | ||||
| (and of | 4 |
women | ||
| was first reached on 5 Apr 2010).[lower-alpha 2][4] | ||||
The current human population orbiting Earth is therefore at this point being counted through a table showing all ins and outs. An “orbit around Earth” is counted here as long as the barycenter of the orbit is permanently closer to Earth's center than to the Moon's center, so not counted are for instance orbits around the Moon or around Lagrange points of Earth.
Table of Orbital Human Activities[edit]
The following table gives details on newest activities that change the number of humans in orbit:
| Orbit date (UTC)[lower-alpha 3] | From location | Changes total & (women) | To location | Main project | Flight or craft name[lower-alpha 4] | Provider | Population total & (women) | Record notes, references |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Apr 2022 | KSC Florida | +4 (0) | ISS | private ISS mission | Axiom Mission 1 | SpaceX | 14 (2) | 1st privately to ISS[lower-alpha 5] |
| 30 Mar 2022 | ISS | -3 (0) | SE of Zhezkazgan | exchange of ISS crew | Soyuz MS-19 | Roscosmos | 10 (2) | |
| 18 Mar 2022 | Baikonur | +3 (0) | ISS | exchange of ISS crew | Soyuz MS-21 | Roscosmos | 13 (2) | |
| 20 Dec 2021 | ISS | -3 (0) | Kazakh Steppe | Maezawa's project | Soyuz MS-20 | Roscosmos | 10 (2) | |
| 8 Dec 2021 | Baikonur | +3 (0) | ISS | Maezawa's project | Soyuz MS-20 | Roscosmos | 13 (2) | |
| 11 Nov 2021 | KSC Florida | +4 (1) | ISS | exchange of ISS crew | SpaceX Crew-3 | SpaceX | 10 (2) | |
| 9 Nov 2021 | ISS | - 4 (1) | Gulf of Mexico | exchange of ISS crew | SpaceX Crew-2 | SpaceX | 6 (1) | [5] |
| 17 Oct 2021 | ISS | - 3 (1) | Kazakh Steppe | “Challenge” film-crew | Soyuz MS-18 | Roscosmos | 10 (2) | |
| 15 Oct 2021 | Jiuquan center | + 3 (1) | Tiangong station | begin of 6-months stay | Shenzhou 13 | CMSA | 13 (3) | [6] |
| 5 Oct 2021 | Baikonur | + 3 (1) | ISS | “Challenge” film-crew | Soyuz MS-19 | Roscosmos | 10 (2) | |
| 18 Sep 2021 | its own 585 km orbit | - 4 (2) | Atlantic east of Florida | Inspiration4 | Dragon Resilience | SpaceX | 7 (1) | |
| 17 Sep 2021 | Tiangong station | - 3 (0) | Jiuquan center | return after 3-months stay | Shenzhou 12 | CMSA | 11 (3) | |
| 16 Sep 2021 | KSC Florida | + 4 (2) | its own 585 km orbit | Inspiration4 | Dragon Resilience | SpaceX | 14 (3) | maximum of 14[lower-alpha 6]
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Humans on the way to Earth orbit are counted as positive in the column “Changes” at the time reaching their first stable Earth orbit. People in transfer between two stable Earth orbits simply remain counted in total without a new entry line. Once a craft engages into a transfer orbit that is leaving geocentric orbit, it appears as minus in the column “Changes” (no matter it is bound to the ground or to a transfer away from Earth).
Humans on a direct flight from Earth ground to Moon or a Moon orbit will not be counted here, unless the craft went into an Earth orbit in-between (propulsion being turned off).
External Links[edit]
- Previous launches by everydayastronaut.com
- Upcoming launches by everydayastronaut.com
- Today in space by Spacefacts.de
- Homepage of astronaut.ru
References[edit]
Notes
- ↑ For last date of changes, also see top entry in Table of Orbital Human Activities.
- ↑ See first picture at Women in space from 7 Apr 2010.
- ↑ Any given dates and times are noted in UTC and refer to reaching or leaving orbit (not to launch or landing).
- ↑ This column only then mentions the craft's name if the flight name is unknown or already noted in the main project column.
- ↑ This was the second fully private flight, but the first one that docked with the ISS.
- ↑ This was the first fully private flight.
Citations
- ↑ Mark Garcia, ed. (Nov 4, 2021). "International Space Station Facts and Figures" (overview page). NASA. (top of page). Archived from the original on 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
The space station has been continuously occupied since November 2000.
- ↑ Mark Garcia, ed. (2019-10-31). "NASA Counts Down to Twenty Years of Continuous Human Presence on International Space Station" (documentary page). NASA. Archived from the original on 2022-03-30. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ↑ Wall, Mike (2021-09-16). "SpaceX's Inspiration4 launch boosts population of space to record-breaking 14 people". New York, NY. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
Earth orbit has never been so crowded. – The launch of SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission last night (Sept. 15) brought the population of the final frontier to 14, one more than the previous high.
- ↑ Malik, Tariq (2010-04-05). Malik, Tariq, ed. "NASA Launches Shuttle Discovery In Pre-dawn Liftoff" (news article). Cape Canaveral, FL: space.com. (near top of page). Archived from the original on 2021-11-11. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
[...] it also includes some firsts. – Discovery's launch marked the first time four women have flown in orbit at the same time. The fourth female astronaut is already aboard the space station after arriving at the outpost on Sunday.
Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Gorman, Steve (2021). "NASA-SpaceX crew returns from record mission aboard International Space Station". Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ↑ Woo, Ryan; Gao, Liangping (2021). "China to send three astronauts to space station early on Saturday". City of London. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
See also
Entries in the Table of population growth and decline may already be referenced in the linked articles (see in that entry row, or in the following):
- List of human spaceflights
- List of space stations
- Human presence in space
- Women in space
- History of spaceflight
- Human spaceflight
- List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents
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