Genuinely live · measured
People In Space Right Now
LIVE
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Humans currently off the planet — aboard the ISS, China’s Tiangang station and any crewed flights in progress.
About this number
This is a live, measured figure, read from Open-Notify / public crew manifests— the same feed that powers the live map behind it. If that feed goes quiet, this counter says so rather than freezing on an old value: a frozen pulse is a lie.