2001 KF54
- Miss distance
- 18.84 LD · 4.50 million mi
about 19× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~293–655 m across
from brightness (H=19.8); ballpark only - Speed
- 36,741 mph relative
Section 1
People in space now
10
people off-world
Roster refreshed Nov 6, 10:00 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?
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.
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Section 4
Starlink constellation
Live count from CelesTrak GP data. Positions propagated in your browser with SGP4 (satellite.js, MIT) — we cache elements for a few hours so we don’t hammer CelesTrak.
10,626
in orbit (catalog)
—
over the US now
—
dots on map
Natural Earth land · equirectangular · elements Nov 6, 7:31 AM CST · dense sample · positions update about every 2s
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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.
2
today
18
next 7 days
0.64
closest (LD)
1 LD ≈ 238,900 miles (average Earth–Moon distance). Closer than the Moon still means hundreds of thousands of miles.
Closest this week: 2026 VG3 on Fri, Nov 6, 6:00 PM CST — 0.64 LD (152,937 mi), about 0.64× the Moon's distance (closer than the Moon), ~17,825 mph.
2026 VN1
- Miss distance
- 1.56 LD · 371,974 mi
about 1.6× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~6–13 m across
from brightness (H=28.3); ballpark only - Speed
- 38,362 mph relative
2026 VG3 closest this week
- Miss distance
- 0.64 LD · 152,937 mi
about 0.64× the Moon's distance (closer than the Moon) - Estimated size
- ~8–18 m across
from brightness (H=27.6); ballpark only - Speed
- 17,825 mph relative
2026 VZ3
- Miss distance
- 18.32 LD · 4.38 million mi
about 18× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~14–30 m across
from brightness (H=26.5); ballpark only - Speed
- 34,199 mph relative
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
- ~17–39 m across
from brightness (H=25.9); ballpark only - Speed
- 31,685 mph relative
2026 VY1
- Miss distance
- 4.15 LD · 990,851 mi
about 4.1× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~15–32 m across
from brightness (H=26.3); ballpark only - Speed
- 30,393 mph relative
2026 UG4
- Miss distance
- 6.66 LD · 1.59 million mi
about 7× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~25–55 m across
from brightness (H=25.2); ballpark only - Speed
- 16,055 mph relative
2026 VW2
- Miss distance
- 7.96 LD · 1.90 million mi
about 8× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~12–26 m across
from brightness (H=26.8); ballpark only - Speed
- 32,994 mph relative
2026 VO2
- Miss distance
- 4.68 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
- 15,745 mph relative
LD = lunar distance. Size from absolute magnitude H with albedo 0.05–0.25. Speeds are relative to Earth.