The Day an Extraterrestrial “Horde” Gathered – FireWire

Space exploration has reached unexpected heights in the 21st century. even one of It has as many as 19 extraterrestrials at the same time.

This strange episode occurred in December 11, 2021 For a few minutes, when three missions coincide.

Shortly after 15:00 UTC that day, three missions remained in the area: On the Blue Origin NS-19 spacecraft, at China’s Tiangong Station and the International Space Station.

Although we know that the two laboratories are still in orbit until the present time, it must be specified that Blue Origin was a flight of space tourists. that crossed the alleged Kerman line.

This line is located about 100 km above the Earth’s surface, It defines the invisible boundary between our planet’s atmosphere and space.

Let’s remember that Jeff Bezos Corporation It focuses on this kind of temporary flight, to give people the experience of feeling like astronauts.

When the Blue Origin ship maxed out, the record was set for 19 people in space.

The nineteen people who were in space at the same time

This “horde” is registered outside our planet in the Guinness Book of Records, As a sample of the evolution of space exploration technology.

Ten people on the International Space Station: US astronauts Mark Vandy He, Raja Chari, Thomas Marchburn, and Kayla Barron; Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkapelrov, Pyotr Dobrov, and Alexander Misurkin; German Matthias Maurer, Japanese Yusaku Maezawa and Yuzo Hirano.

Six people in Blue Origin: Americans Laura Shepherd Churchley, Michael Strahan, Dylan Taylor, Evan Dyck, Lynn Pace and Cameron Pace.

Three people in Tiangong: Chinese Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu.

And so, in 60 years, humanity has gone from having a person in orbit, Soviet Yuri Gagarin (1961) to 19 at the same time (2021).