New record set with 17 people in orbit at same time

By Brady Knox

Published May 31, 2023 8:46pm ET

New record set with 17 people in orbit at same time — In this photo provided by NASA, Axiom Mission-2 and Expedition 69 crew members gather for a portrait together during dinner time aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. At center front row is Expedition 69 crew member and United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi flanked by, from left, Axiom Mission-2 crew members Commander Peggy Whitson, Mission Specialist Ali Alqarni, Pilot John Shoffner, and Mission Specialist Rayyanah Barnawi. In back from left are Expedition 69 crew members Roscosmos cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin, NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, Roscosmos cosmonauts Andrey Fedyaev and Sergey Prokopyev, and NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg. Not pictured is NASA astronaut Frank Rubio. Expedition 69 is one of four crews in space at the same time, which set a world record. (NASA via AP)

A cosmic record was set this week when humans achieved the highest number of people ever concurrently in Earth’s orbit. The record-setting number came in at 17.

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