The world has entered a new phase in the space age. Now even tourist trips have started in our orbit. As a result, new records can already be heard in space. last record, the number of people in orbit around the Earth at the same time broken. full now 17 people are in orbit around the Earth.

The record was held on May 30. Featuring Axiom Space’s second private space mission broken. An astronaut and 3 space passengers were launched into space on 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 aboard the International Space Station broke the record for the most people in orbit at the same time. Since it is defined as “space” after 100 kilometers from 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. Featuring Blue Origin’s NS-19 mission was broken. In this mission, 19 people reached an altitude of 107 kilometers on Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft and made a 10-minute journey.

All people currently on board the ISS are:

1. Sergei Prokopyev (Russia)
2. Dmitri 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 Tiangong station, which launched China into orbit.