2026 VL8
- Miss distance
- 11.09 LD · 2.65 million mi
about 11× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~14–32 m across
from brightness (H=26.3); ballpark only - Speed
- 31,878 mph relative
Section 1
People in space now
10
people off-world
Roster refreshed Nov 10, 6:00 PM 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.
10,621
in orbit (catalog)
—
over the US now
—
dots on map
Natural Earth land · equirectangular · elements Nov 10, 3:40 PM 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.
6
today
17
next 7 days
2.95
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 VP8 on Thu, Nov 12, 8:12 PM CST — 2.95 LD (704,805 mi), about 3.0× farther than the Moon, ~13,803 mph.
2026 VN4
- Miss distance
- 8.62 LD · 2.06 million mi
about 9× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~9–20 m across
from brightness (H=27.3); ballpark only - Speed
- 8,106 mph relative
2026 VO8
- Miss distance
- 5.72 LD · 1.37 million mi
about 6× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~15–34 m across
from brightness (H=26.2); ballpark only - Speed
- 33,681 mph relative
2023 VF3
- Miss distance
- 8.43 LD · 2.01 million mi
about 8× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~14–31 m across
from brightness (H=26.4); ballpark only - Speed
- 19,773 mph relative
2026 VY
- Miss distance
- 18.32 LD · 4.37 million mi
about 18× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~14–30 m across
from brightness (H=26.5); ballpark only - Speed
- 14,580 mph relative
2026 VX1
- Miss distance
- 7.94 LD · 1.90 million mi
about 8× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~7–16 m across
from brightness (H=27.8); ballpark only - Speed
- 9,571 mph relative
2026 VY7
- Miss distance
- 11.65 LD · 2.78 million mi
about 12× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~36–80 m across
from brightness (H=24.3); ballpark only - Speed
- 44,763 mph relative
2026 VK8
- Miss distance
- 7.81 LD · 1.87 million mi
about 8× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~25–55 m across
from brightness (H=25.2); ballpark only - Speed
- 50,850 mph relative
2026 VP8 closest this week
- Miss distance
- 2.95 LD · 704,805 mi
about 3.0× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~10–22 m across
from brightness (H=27.1); ballpark only - Speed
- 13,803 mph relative
2025 VG5
- Miss distance
- 18.13 LD · 4.33 million mi
about 18× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~12–27 m across
from brightness (H=26.7); ballpark only - Speed
- 10,882 mph relative
LD = lunar distance. Size from absolute magnitude H with albedo 0.05–0.25. Speeds are relative to Earth.