Following the launch of the Russian Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, there is a record 19 people in outer space at the same time. The previous record was set in 2023 with 17 people.
Following the launch of the Russian Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, there were a record 19 people in outer space: the threeastronautsonthe MS-26mission,threemoreonChina'sTiangongspacestation,fourpeopleontheSpaceXPolarisDawnmission,andninemoreonboardtheInternationalSpaceStation.