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Are People In Space Right Now

author: Olivia published: Oct 23, 2026
Like just look up they’re somewhere in there
Like just look up they’re somewhere in there

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Like just look up they’re somewhere in there
Like just look up they’re somewhere in there

How Many People Are In Space Right Now 2026

A Mighty - Jessica Meir is spending her 49th birthday today exactly where she always dreamed she would be -- in orbit, roughly 250 miles above the Earth. Just yesterday, the NASA astronaut stepped out into the vacuum of space on her fifth spacewalk, working outside the International Space Station to repair the arm that catches the cargo ships keeping the station supplied. Meir was five years old when she first said she wanted to be an astronaut, gazing up at the star-filled sky above her small hometown of Caribou, Maine.

four astronauts posing for a photo in the international space station
four astronauts posing for a photo in the international space station
a woman is sitting in the space station looking at her cell phone and reading something
a woman is sitting in the space station looking at her cell phone and reading something

Are There People In Space Right Now

a person floating in the air from inside a space station
a person floating in the air from inside a space station
The Photos of Humanity NASA sent to be Left in Space
The Photos of Humanity NASA sent to be Left in Space

Where Are The People In Space Right Now

a man is looking out the window of an airplane at earth's horizon as seen from space
a man is looking out the window of an airplane at earth's horizon as seen from space
the screenshote page for humans in space are surprisingly safe,
the screenshote page for humans in space are surprisingly safe,
a woman is floating in the air above earth
a woman is floating in the air above earth
a man sitting on top of a space station looking out at the earth
a man sitting on top of a space station looking out at the earth
three men and one woman posing for a photo in the space station
three men and one woman posing for a photo in the space station
a man laying in the cockpit of a space station looking at the camera and smiling
a man laying in the cockpit of a space station looking at the camera and smiling
an email message with the caption that says, you know what they are talking about
an email message with the caption that says, you know what they are talking about
A Mighty - Jessica Meir is spending her 49th birthday today exactly where she always dreamed she would be -- in orbit, roughly 250 miles above the Earth. Just yesterday, the NASA astronaut stepped out into the vacuum of space on her fifth spacewalk, working outside the International Space Station to repair the arm that catches the cargo ships keeping the station supplied. Meir was five years old when she first said she wanted to be an astronaut, gazing up at the star-filled sky above her small hometown of Caribou, Maine. "I started saying it when I was 5 years old," she has said, "and I just never stopped." She didn't stop when NASA passed her over in 2009. She kept going -- through Brown University, through a PhD in marine biology at Scripps, through expeditions to Antarctica to study how emperor penguins dive beneath the ice and research into how bar-headed geese fly over the Himalayas on almost no oxygen. NASA finally selected her in 2013. On October 18, 2019, Meir and her close friend Christina Koch stepped outside the station together and stayed out for seven hours and 17 minutes, completing the first all-female spacewalk in history. Meir refused to make it about herself. Their achievement, she said, belonged to the women who came before them: "If it weren't for their hard work when we really didn't have a seat at the table, Christina and I wouldn't have been out there that day." Now she is back -- on her second mission, serving for the first time as spacecraft commander. Since her last spaceflight, Meir also became a mom with a now 3-year-old daughter. She is pictured here in the station's cupola with her Crew-12 crewmate, French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot -- a fellow mother -- in matching Mother's Day shirts. What Meir wants, in the end, is for none of this to be remarkable -- for two women to do a spacewalk together, for mothers to be in space. "Because," she says, "it will just be normal." Happy birthday, Commander Meir -- thank you for helping lead the way for Mighty Girls everywhere! ---- For a fascinating picture book about the first woman in history to ever go on a spacewalk, Kathy Sullivan, we highly recommend "To The Stars!" for ages 5 to 9 at https://www.amightygirl.com/to-the-stars To introduce kids to trailblazing women of NASA, we highly recommend "Margaret and the Moon" for ages 5 to 9 (https://www.amightygirl.com/margaret-and-the-moon), "A Computer Called Katherine" for ages 5 to 9 (https://www.amightygirl.com/a-computer-called-katherine), Galaxy Girls" for ages 7 to 12 (https://www.amightygirl.com/galaxy-girls), and "Gutsy Girls Go For Science: Astronauts" for ages 8 to 12 (https://www.amightygirl.com/gutsy-girls-astronauts) For a thrilling introduction to more pioneering women of space, we recommend the inspiring graphic novel "Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier," for ages 10 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/astronauts-women-on-the-final-frontier To inspire the space-loving Mighty Girls in your life, you can find more books about mighty women of space and space-themed toys in our blog post "Reach for the Stars!" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=16848 To see more stories from A Mighty Girl, you can sign-up for A Mighty Girl's free email newsletter at https://www.amightygirl.com/forms/newsletter
A Mighty - Jessica Meir is spending her 49th birthday today exactly where she always dreamed she would be -- in orbit, roughly 250 miles above the Earth. Just yesterday, the NASA astronaut stepped out into the vacuum of space on her fifth spacewalk, working outside the International Space Station to repair the arm that catches the cargo ships keeping the station supplied. Meir was five years old when she first said she wanted to be an astronaut, gazing up at the star-filled sky above her small hometown of Caribou, Maine. "I started saying it when I was 5 years old," she has said, "and I just never stopped." She didn't stop when NASA passed her over in 2009. She kept going -- through Brown University, through a PhD in marine biology at Scripps, through expeditions to Antarctica to study how emperor penguins dive beneath the ice and research into how bar-headed geese fly over the Himalayas on almost no oxygen. NASA finally selected her in 2013. On October 18, 2019, Meir and her close friend Christina Koch stepped outside the station together and stayed out for seven hours and 17 minutes, completing the first all-female spacewalk in history. Meir refused to make it about herself. Their achievement, she said, belonged to the women who came before them: "If it weren't for their hard work when we really didn't have a seat at the table, Christina and I wouldn't have been out there that day." Now she is back -- on her second mission, serving for the first time as spacecraft commander. Since her last spaceflight, Meir also became a mom with a now 3-year-old daughter. She is pictured here in the station's cupola with her Crew-12 crewmate, French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot -- a fellow mother -- in matching Mother's Day shirts. What Meir wants, in the end, is for none of this to be remarkable -- for two women to do a spacewalk together, for mothers to be in space. "Because," she says, "it will just be normal." Happy birthday, Commander Meir -- thank you for helping lead the way for Mighty Girls everywhere! ---- For a fascinating picture book about the first woman in history to ever go on a spacewalk, Kathy Sullivan, we highly recommend "To The Stars!" for ages 5 to 9 at https://www.amightygirl.com/to-the-stars To introduce kids to trailblazing women of NASA, we highly recommend "Margaret and the Moon" for ages 5 to 9 (https://www.amightygirl.com/margaret-and-the-moon), "A Computer Called Katherine" for ages 5 to 9 (https://www.amightygirl.com/a-computer-called-katherine), Galaxy Girls" for ages 7 to 12 (https://www.amightygirl.com/galaxy-girls), and "Gutsy Girls Go For Science: Astronauts" for ages 8 to 12 (https://www.amightygirl.com/gutsy-girls-astronauts) For a thrilling introduction to more pioneering women of space, we recommend the inspiring graphic novel "Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier," for ages 10 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/astronauts-women-on-the-final-frontier To inspire the space-loving Mighty Girls in your life, you can find more books about mighty women of space and space-themed toys in our blog post "Reach for the Stars!" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=16848 To see more stories from A Mighty Girl, you can sign-up for A Mighty Girl's free email newsletter at https://www.amightygirl.com/forms/newsletter
a woman in an astronaut suit pointing at the camera and saying, when you've flown around the moon but the contents say take
a woman in an astronaut suit pointing at the camera and saying, when you've flown around the moon but the contents say take