🚀 Spacefarer Update 🚀

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🚀 Spacefarer Update 🚀

Number of people currently in space: 10

Comings and Goings This Week
There have been no arrivals or departures this week.

Current Space Occupants
ISS Expedition 75: 7 spacefarers

• Jessica Meir (NASA / United States) - Commander
• Jack Hathaway (NASA / United States) - Flight Engineer
• Sophie Adenot (ESA / France) - Flight Engineer
• Andrey Fedyaev (Roscosmos / Russia) - Flight Engineer
• Pyotr Dubrov (Roscosmos / Russia) - Flight Engineer
• Anna Kikina (Roscosmos / Russia) - Flight Engineer
• Anil Menon (NASA / United States) - Flight Engineer

Tiangong: 3 spacefarers

• Zhu Yangzhu (CMSA / China) - Commander
• Zhang Zhiyuan (CMSA / China) - Pilot
• Lai Ka-ying (CMSA / China (Hong Kong)) - Payload Specialist

Current Mission Days in Space
(As of August 30, 2026 • Sorted highest to lowest • Whole days from verified docking/arrival)

• Jessica Meir (NASA / United States, ISS Commander) — 197 days
• Jack Hathaway (NASA / United States, ISS) — 197 days
• Sophie Adenot (ESA / France, ISS) — 197 days
• Andrey Fedyaev (Roscosmos / Russia, ISS) — 197 days
• Zhu Yangzhu (CMSA / China, Tiangong Commander) — 98 days
• Zhang Zhiyuan (CMSA / China, Tiangong) — 98 days
• Lai Ka-ying (CMSA / China (Hong Kong), Tiangong) — 98 days
• Pyotr Dubrov (Roscosmos / Russia, ISS) — 47 days
• Anna Kikina (Roscosmos / Russia, ISS) — 47 days
• Anil Menon (NASA / United States, ISS) — 47 days

What Our Spacefarers Have Been Up To

• Expedition 75 completed a spacewalk on 25 August 2026 installing a high-speed antenna on the ISS.
• Shenzhou-23 crew completed their first 5.5-hour EVA on 28 August 2026 repairing Tiangong solar arrays and installing debris protection.
• Routine science operations, maintenance, human research, and payload work continued across ISS and Tiangong.

Launches This Week
There have been no crewed launches this week.

Coming up next:
No crewed missions are currently scheduled in the near term.

Safe travels to all our spacefarers.
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