People in space
There are currently seven people in Space.
Humans first traveled to space in 1961 with Soviet Yuri Gagarin being the first man in space aboard Vostok 1. Americans followed shortly afterwards with Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7, also in 1961. China began contributing to humans in space when Yang Liwei spent 14 orbits aboard Shenzhou 5 in 2003. The most recent organisation to put humans into space is the private company Space Exploration Technologies with Crew Dragon Demo-2 in 2020, the first non-national level entity to achieve this.[1] Humans have had a continuous presence in space for 25 years and 239 days on the International Space Station (ISS).[2] The most people in Earth orbit (or beyond) at the same time is 14, which occurred in 2021,[3][4][5][6] with Expedition 65, Shenzhou 12 and Inspiration4 all in orbit at the same time. The previous record was 13, which occurred in 2009.[7]
Currently crewed vehicles in Space
International Space Station
| Name | Organisation | Flight to orbit | Planned return flight |
|---|---|---|---|
 Oleg Novitsky |
Roscosmos | Soyuz MS-18 | Soyuz MS-18 |
| Pyotr Dubrov |
Roscosmos | Soyuz MS-18 | Soyuz MS-19 |
 Mark Vande Hei |
NASA | Soyuz MS-18 | Soyuz MS-19 |
 Akihiko Hoshide |
JAXA | SpaceX Crew-2 | SpaceX Crew-2 |
| Shane Kimbrough |
NASA | SpaceX Crew-2 | SpaceX Crew-2 |
| Megan McArthur |
NASA | SpaceX Crew-2 | SpaceX Crew-2 |
 Thomas Pesquet |
ESA | SpaceX Crew-2 | SpaceX Crew-2 |
Notes
Note that suborbital flights that only spend a few minutes in space such as New Shepard and SpaceShipTwo will generally not be recorded here.
References
- ↑ "SpaceX Crew Dragon makes historic 1st splashdown to return NASA astronauts home". 2 August 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ↑ "Counting the Many Ways the International Space Station Benefits Humanity". 5 April 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ↑ Paybarah, Azi (16 September 2021). "More people are in space right now than ever before". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ↑ "Breaks a record for number of people in space". 16 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ↑ "SpaceX's Inspiration4 launch boosts population of space to record-breaking 14 people". 16 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ↑ "There Are 14 Humans In Space Right Now After SpaceX Inspiration4 Launch. And That's A Record". 16 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ↑ "Population in Space at Historic High: 13". 27 March 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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