2026 VP8 closest this week
- Miss distance
- 2.95 LD · 704,451 mi
about 2.9× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~9–20 m across
from brightness (H=27.3); ballpark only - Speed
- 13,805 mph relative
Section 1
People in space now
10
people off-world
Roster refreshed Nov 12, 6:40 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.
10,615
in orbit (catalog)
—
over the US now
—
dots on map
Natural Earth land · equirectangular · elements Nov 12, 5:01 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.
7
today
18
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 (704,451 mi), about 2.9× farther than the Moon, ~13,805 mph.
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
2026 VO1
- Miss distance
- 9.8 LD · 2.34 million mi
about 10× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~30–68 m across
from brightness (H=24.7); ballpark only - Speed
- 31,833 mph relative
2026 VT12
- Miss distance
- 6.4 LD · 1.53 million mi
about 6× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~23–52 m across
from brightness (H=25.3); ballpark only - Speed
- 45,129 mph relative
2026 VV5
- Miss distance
- 15.16 LD · 3.62 million mi
about 15× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~38–84 m across
from brightness (H=24.2); ballpark only - Speed
- 29,071 mph relative
2026 VB8
- Miss distance
- 14.27 LD · 3.41 million mi
about 14× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~11–24 m across
from brightness (H=27); ballpark only - Speed
- 16,598 mph relative
2026 VO11
- Miss distance
- 9.56 LD · 2.28 million mi
about 10× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~19–42 m across
from brightness (H=25.8); ballpark only - Speed
- 22,887 mph relative
2026 VS11
- Miss distance
- 11.57 LD · 2.76 million mi
about 12× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~15–34 m across
from brightness (H=26.2); ballpark only - Speed
- 31,296 mph relative
2026 VF7
- Miss distance
- 9.53 LD · 2.28 million mi
about 10× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~26–58 m across
from brightness (H=25.1); ballpark only - Speed
- 16,645 mph relative
2026 VV8
- Miss distance
- 3.59 LD · 856,926 mi
about 3.6× farther than the Moon - Estimated size
- ~15–35 m across
from brightness (H=26.2); ballpark only - Speed
- 14,050 mph relative
LD = lunar distance. Size from absolute magnitude H with albedo 0.05–0.25. Speeds are relative to Earth.