The record on number of people in Earth orbit] is broke

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After start of the Chinese ship "Shenchzhou-16" the record by quantity at the same time being in an orbit of Earth of people is established - their number reached 17. The previous record was established on September 16, 2021. Then 14 people at the same time gathered on an orbit. And before the record kept quarter of the century. In March, 1995 in an orbit at the same time there were 13 people. The ship "Shenchzhou-16" started on the Chanchzhen-2 rocket, on it the crew from three Chinese astronauts flies to the Tiangong space station where already there are three compatriots. Into crew of the arriving ship entered the commander Jing...
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Sergei Prokopyev
Last position: Astronaut-tester (Federal state-financed institution "Institute for scientific research TSPK named after Yu. A. Gagarina")
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Dmitry Aleksandrovich Petelin
Last position: Astronaut-tester (Federal state-financed institution "Institute for scientific research TSPK named after Yu. A. Gagarina")
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Fransisko Carlos Rubio (Frank Rubio)
Last position: Astronaut (NASA)
Dan Tsinmin
Last position: Astronaut (CNSA)
Faye Tszyunlun
Last position: Astronaut (CNSA)
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