10 people in space right now:
4 on the just-launched STS-135 space shuttle Atlantis (Final shuttle mission):
Christopher Ferguson, Douglas Hurley, Sandra Magnus, Rex Walheim.
6 already on the ISS:
Soyuz-TMA21: Aleksandr Samokutyayev, Andrei Borisenko, Ronald J. Garan, Jr. (Launched April, landing September).
Soyuz TMA-02M: Sergeyb Volkov, Michael E. Fossum, Satoshi Furukawa. Planned landing November.
Next up:
Soyuz TMA-22 September 30, 2011.
Also unmanned Juno space probe (to Jupiter) launching August 5, 2011.
NASA's ISS page.
www.howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com
Friday, July 8, 2011
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