Orbital population count

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This article counts the number of humans being in space at the same time. It excludes all humans on Earth's ground and in Earth's airspace, even if their craft has reached mesosphere or thermosphere, as long an orbital velocity has not yet been established.

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 30 September 2022 UTC 13^h,
there are	10	humans in total
living in orbit around Earth^{[lower-alpha 1]}
(of those	3	are women).
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 on this page is therefore counted through the following table showing all ins and outs. A location in space near planet Earth is considered to be an “orbit around Earth” if the barycenter of the orbit is permanently closer to Earth's center than to the Moon's center, so not counted for instance are orbits around the Moon or possible future orbits around Lagrange points of Earth. This also means that an orbit further out around the Earth-Moon-system would still be counted.

Table of orbital human activities[edit]

The following table gives details on recent activities that changed the number of humans in orbit:

Human population in LEO - newest on top
Orbit date,^{[lower-alpha 3]} UTC^{[lower-alpha 4]}	From location	Changes total & (women)	To location	Main project	Flight or craft name^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Provider	Population total & (women)	Record notes, references
⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅
early 2023	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	plus	ISS	private ISS mission	Axiom Mission 2	SpaceX	future
Dec 2022	Tiangong station	minus	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	2nd six- month stay	Shenzhou 14	CMSA	future
Dec 2022	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	plus	Tiangong station	exchange of TSS crew	Shenzhou 15	CMSA	future
Oct 2022	ISS	minus	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	exchange of ISS crew	SpaceX Crew-4	SpaceX	future
Oct 2022	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	plus	ISS	exchange of ISS crew	SpaceX Crew-5	SpaceX	future
⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅
Reaching space,^{[lower-alpha 6]} UTC^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Flight or craft name	Direction	Changes total (& women)	Sum total (& women)	Record notes, references
Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". UTC 16^h	SpaceX Crew-5	from ground to ISS	+ 4 (2)	calc	ref
⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅
Orbit date,^{[lower-alpha 8]} UTC^{[lower-alpha 9]}	From location	Changes total & (women)	To location	Main project	Flight or craft name^{[lower-alpha 10]}	Provider	Population total & (women)	Record notes, references
Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". UTC 10^h	ISS	− 3 (0)	Kazakh Steppe	exchange of ISS crew	Soyuz MS-21	Roscosmos	10 (3)
Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". UTC 14^h	Baikonur	+ 3 (0)	ISS	exchange of ISS crew	Soyuz MS-22	Roscosmos	13 (3)
5 Jun 2022	Jiuquan center	+ 3 (1)	Tiangong station	2nd six- month stay	Shenzhou 14	CMSA	10 (3)
6 May 2022	ISS	− 4 (1)	Gulf of Mexico W of Tampa	exchange of ISS crew	SpaceX Crew-3	SpaceX	7 (2)	^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
27 Apr 2022	KSC Florida	+ 4 (2)	ISS	exchange of ISS crew	SpaceX Crew-4	SpaceX	11 (3)	^[9]
25 Apr 2022	ISS	− 4 (0)	Atlantic E of Jacksonville	private ISS mission	Axiom Mission 1	SpaceX	7 (1)	^[9]
16 Apr 2022	Tiangong station	− 3 (1)	Inner Mongolia	6-months stay ends	Shenzhou 13	CMSA	11 (1)
8 Apr 2022	KSC Florida	+ 4 (0)	ISS	private ISS mission	Axiom Mission 1	SpaceX	14 (2)	private to ISS 1st^{[lower-alpha 11]}
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)	^[10]
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	6-months stay begins	Shenzhou 13	CMSA	13 (3)	^[11]
5 Oct 2021	Baikonur	+ 3 (1)	ISS	“Challenge” film-crew	Soyuz MS-19	Roscosmos	10 (2)
18 Sep 2021	own 585 km orbit	− 4 (2)	Atlantic E of Florida	Inspiration4	Dragon Resilience	SpaceX	7 (1)
17 Sep 2021	Tiangong station	− 3 (0)	Jiuquan center	3-months stay ends	Shenzhou 12	CMSA	11 (3)
16 Sep 2021	KSC Florida	+ 4 (2)	own 585 km orbit	Inspiration4	Dragon Resilience	SpaceX	14 (3)	max. of 14^[3]^{[lower-alpha 12]}^{[lower-alpha 13]}
⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅	⋅ ⋅ ⋅

(When expanding this table further into past or future, please only use keywords as comments and enter longer comments only as footnotes. Also, please avoid additional columns or explanatory rows – i.e. keep the structure of the table readable and simple.)

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 will not be counted here, unless the craft went into an Earth orbit in-between (propulsion being turned off).

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.
↑ Future dates are subject to change.
↑ 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.
↑ Future dates are subject to change.
↑ Times refer to reaching or leaving orbit (not to launch or landing).
↑ Future dates are subject to change.
↑ Times 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 flight in history with only privatly paying customers in the craft (fully private), but the first one that docked with the ISS.
↑ This flight contained 4 passengers and brought the total number of people in orbit to 14.
↑ This was the first flight in history with only privatly paying customers in the craft (or invited by such, therefore fully private).

Citations

↑ Mark Garcia, ed. (4 November 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.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Wall, Mike (2021-09-16). "SpaceX's Inspiration4 launch boosts population of space to record-breaking 14 people". Space.com. New York, NY. Archived from the original on 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2022-07-15. 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. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ 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 2021-11-17. 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)
↑ Clark, Stephen (2022). "Axiom's private crew gets extra time on space station after landing delay". Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ "Crew-3 farewell remarks and change of command ceremony, May 3, 2022, Earth orbit, 2:25 pm ET". SpacePolicyOnline.com. 2022. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ "As Station Crew Readies to Return to Earth, NASA Sets TV Coverage - MEDIA ADVISORY M22-059". NASA.gov. 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022. Thursday, May 5 [...] 11:53 p.m. – Deorbit burn - Friday, May 6 – 12:43 a.m. – Splashdown off the coast of Florida Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ Garcia, Mark (2022). "Crew-3 Astronauts Splashdown Ending Six-Month Mission". NASA Blogs – Commercial Crew Program – Category: Expedition 67. NASA.gov. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022. [...] splashed down safely in the SpaceX Dragon Endurance in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, at 12:43 p.m. EDT after 177 days in space. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Ralph, Eric (21 April 2022). "SpaceX static fires Crew-4's Falcon 9 rocket as Axiom-1 return delay grows". teslarati.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022. Only late on April 20th did NASA, SpaceX, and Axiom settle on a new undocking date for Ax-1, slipping from the latest target of April 20th to no earlier than 8:35 pm EDT (00:35 UTC) on April 23rd with a splashdown now on April 24th. As a result, Crew-4 has been delayed to April 26th – 11 days after the original April 15th target. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ Gorman, Steve (2021). "NASA-SpaceX crew returns from record mission aboard International Space Station". Reuters. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
↑ Woo, Ryan; Gao, Liangping (2021). "China to send three astronauts to space station early on Saturday". Reuters. City of London. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

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[3] For last date of changes, also see top entry in Table of Orbital Human Activities.

[5] See first picture at Women in space from 7 Apr 2010.

[7] Future dates are subject to change.

[8] Any given dates and times are noted in UTC and refer to reaching or leaving orbit (not to launch or landing).

[9] This column only then mentions the craft's name if the flight name is unknown or already noted in the main project column.

[10] Future dates are subject to change.

[11] Times refer to reaching or leaving orbit (not to launch or landing).

[12] Future dates are subject to change.

[13] Times refer to reaching or leaving orbit (not to launch or landing).

[14] This column only then mentions the craft's name if the flight name is unknown or already noted in the main project column.

[20] This was the second flight in history with only privatly paying customers in the craft (fully private), but the first one that docked with the ISS.

[23] This flight contained 4 passengers and brought the total number of people in orbit to 14.

[24] This was the first flight in history with only privatly paying customers in the craft (or invited by such, therefore fully private).

[Garcia-Facts-1] Mark Garcia, ed. (4 November 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.

[garcia-nasa-2] 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-inspiration4-4] 3.0 ^3.1 Wall, Mike (2021-09-16). "SpaceX's Inspiration4 launch boosts population of space to record-breaking 14 people". Space.com. New York, NY. Archived from the original on 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2022-07-15. 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. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[malik-womenrecord-6] 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 2021-11-17. 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)

[clark-crew-3-15] Clark, Stephen (2022). "Axiom's private crew gets extra time on space station after landing delay". Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[crew-3-extra-16] "Crew-3 farewell remarks and change of command ceremony, May 3, 2022, Earth orbit, 2:25 pm ET". SpacePolicyOnline.com. 2022. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[nasa-crew-3-17] "As Station Crew Readies to Return to Earth, NASA Sets TV Coverage - MEDIA ADVISORY M22-059". NASA.gov. 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022. Thursday, May 5 [...] 11:53 p.m. – Deorbit burn - Friday, May 6 – 12:43 a.m. – Splashdown off the coast of Florida Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[nasa-blog-18] Garcia, Mark (2022). "Crew-3 Astronauts Splashdown Ending Six-Month Mission". NASA Blogs – Commercial Crew Program – Category: Expedition 67. NASA.gov. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022. [...] splashed down safely in the SpaceX Dragon Endurance in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, at 12:43 p.m. EDT after 177 days in space. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[ralph-delays-19] 9.0 ^9.1 Ralph, Eric (21 April 2022). "SpaceX static fires Crew-4's Falcon 9 rocket as Axiom-1 return delay grows". teslarati.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022. Only late on April 20th did NASA, SpaceX, and Axiom settle on a new undocking date for Ax-1, slipping from the latest target of April 20th to no earlier than 8:35 pm EDT (00:35 UTC) on April 23rd with a splashdown now on April 24th. As a result, Crew-4 has been delayed to April 26th – 11 days after the original April 15th target. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[gorman-21] Gorman, Steve (2021). "NASA-SpaceX crew returns from record mission aboard International Space Station". Reuters. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[woo-china-22] Woo, Ryan; Gao, Liangping (2021). "China to send three astronauts to space station early on Saturday". Reuters. City of London. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

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Orbital population count

Contents

Table of orbital human activities[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

📰 Article(s) of the same category(ies)[edit]