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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 12 Apr 2022,
there are	14	humans in total
living in orbit around Earth^[a]
(of those	2	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).^[b]^[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

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

Table of population growth and decline - newest on top
Orbit date (UTC)^[c]	From location	Changes total & (women)	To location	Main project	Flight or craft name^[d]	Provider	Population total & (women)	Record notes, references
8 Apr 2022	KSC Florida	+4 (0)	ISS	private ISS mission	Axiom Mission 1	SpaceX	14 (2)	private to ISS 1st^[e]
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^[f]^[g]

(This list may also be further extended into the past. Please keep it 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 or a Moon orbit will not be counted here, unless the craft went into an Earth orbit in-between (propulsion being turned off).

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References

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 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. (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. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2021-11-17 suggested (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):

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

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

[9] 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.

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

[13] 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. (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.

[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] 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-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 2021-11-11. 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. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2021-11-17 suggested (help)

[gorman-10] Gorman, Steve (2021). "NASA-SpaceX crew returns from record mission aboard International Space Station". Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[woo-china-11] Woo, Ryan; Gao, Liangping (2021). "China to send three astronauts to space station early on Saturday". City of London. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

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