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Robert Z. Pearlman

New record! 17 people are in Earth orbit at the same time right now

Earth Rayyanah Barnawi Shenzhou Space Station Ali AlQarni Andrey Fedyaev Fei Junlong Frank Rubio Peggy Whitson Sergey Prokopyev
China's Shenzhou 15 and Shenzhou 16 crews join together aboard the country's Tiangong space station on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. The six taikonauts include Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming Zhang Lu, Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao.

The total number of people in Earth orbit is now at a record high, though only for a short time.

With the launch of China's three-person Shenzhou 16 mission on Monday (May 29) at 9:31 p.m. EDT (0131 GMT or 9:31 a.m. Beijing Time on May 30), the population in orbit grew to 17. 

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