WHO'S IN SPACE

Section 1

People in space now

10

people off-world

Roster refreshed Nov 8, 10:20 AM CST · ISS Expedition 75

Shenzhou 23 3

  • Zhu Yangzhu · China · CMSA
  • Zhang Zhiyuan · China · CMSA
  • Lai Ka-ying · China · CMSA

Soyuz MS-29 3

  • Pyotr Dubrov · Russia · Roscosmos
  • Anna Kikina · Russia · Roscosmos
  • Anil Menon · United States · NASA

Crew-13 Dragon 4

  • Jessica Watkins · United States · NASA
  • Luke Delaney · United States · NASA
  • Joshua Kutryk · Canada · CSA
  • Sergey Teteryatnikov · Russia · Roscosmos

Section 2

Where’s the ISS?

Over the South Atlantic
-42.37°, -33.82°
430 km up · 17,122 mph

Nearest big city: Buenos Aires, 2,295 km (1,426 mi)

ISS

Natural Earth 110m land (public domain) · equirectangular · live ISS from wheretheiss.at

Live from the ISS

NASA Harmony Earth-view. May go dark/blue at night or during signal loss.

Video: NASA · Watch on YouTube · nasa.gov/iss

Section 3

Earth & Sun right now

Near-real-time satellite stills — not video. Images refresh about every 12 minutes.

GOES-East full-disk GeoColor view of Earth
Earth · GOES-East GeoColor Full-disk view of the Americas hemisphere. Daytime looks like true color; night uses infrared. Checking image time… Image: NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, GeoColor CIRA · goes.noaa.gov
NASA SDO AIA 171 angstrom view of the Sun
Sun · SDO AIA 171Å Extreme ultraviolet corona — the Sun’s outer atmosphere in gold tones. Checking image time… Image: NASA/SDO and the AIA science team · sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov

Section 5

Asteroid close approaches

NASA/JPL objects passing within 0.05 AU (~19.5 lunar distances) in the next week. These are not impact predictions — “near” in space is still far.

7
today
21
next 7 days
0.74
closest (LD)
Earth Moon (1 LD) closest rock

1 LD ≈ 238,900 miles (average Earth–Moon distance). Closer than the Moon still means hundreds of thousands of miles.

Closest this week: 2026 VR5 on Sun, Nov 8, 7:53 AM CST — 0.74 LD (176,393 mi), about 0.74× the Moon's distance (closer than the Moon), ~35,999 mph.

2026 VK2

Miss distance
2.27 LD · 541,677 mi
about 2.3× farther than the Moon
Estimated size
~2–5 m across
from brightness (H=30.3); ballpark only
Speed
10,988 mph relative

2026 VB1

Miss distance
8.84 LD · 2.11 million mi
about 9× farther than the Moon
Estimated size
~17–38 m across
from brightness (H=25.9); ballpark only
Speed
31,680 mph relative

2026 VY1

Miss distance
4.15 LD · 990,881 mi
about 4.1× farther than the Moon
Estimated size
~15–33 m across
from brightness (H=26.3); ballpark only
Speed
30,392 mph relative

2026 UG4

Miss distance
6.67 LD · 1.59 million mi
about 7× farther than the Moon
Estimated size
~26–57 m across
from brightness (H=25.1); ballpark only
Speed
16,059 mph relative

2026 VR5 closest this week

Miss distance
0.74 LD · 176,393 mi
about 0.74× the Moon's distance (closer than the Moon)
Estimated size
~4–9 m across
from brightness (H=29.1); ballpark only
Speed
35,999 mph relative

2026 VW2

Miss distance
7.97 LD · 1.90 million mi
about 8× farther than the Moon
Estimated size
~12–28 m across
from brightness (H=26.7); ballpark only
Speed
33,029 mph relative

2026 VO2

Miss distance
4.69 LD · 1.12 million mi
about 4.7× farther than the Moon
Estimated size
~6–14 m across
from brightness (H=28.1); ballpark only
Speed
15,751 mph relative

2025 UF5

Miss distance
18.81 LD · 4.49 million mi
about 19× farther than the Moon
Estimated size
~8–17 m across
from brightness (H=27.7); ballpark only
Speed
4,348 mph relative

2026 VQ4

Miss distance
9.93 LD · 2.37 million mi
about 10× farther than the Moon
Estimated size
~10–23 m across
from brightness (H=27.1); ballpark only
Speed
22,800 mph relative

2015 VH65

Miss distance
9.69 LD · 2.32 million mi
about 10× farther than the Moon
Estimated size
~8–17 m across
from brightness (H=27.7); ballpark only
Speed
17,840 mph relative

LD = lunar distance. Size from absolute magnitude H with albedo 0.05–0.25. Speeds are relative to Earth.