Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16
SpaceX
Oct 27, 2026, 7:25 AM
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Where the Space Station is right now, who’s in orbit, what’s launching next, which asteroids are passing close today, and NASA’s picture of the day — all from public spaceflight data.
12
people in space now
8
upcoming launches
5
near-Earth asteroids today
0
flagged “potentially hazardous”
International Space Station — right now
Latitude
51.45°
Longitude
-46.82°
Altitude
429 km
Speed
27,570 km/h
Currently over 51.5°N, 46.8°W · in daylight. It orbits roughly every 90 minutes at this speed.
People in space right now · 12
Oleg Kononenko
aboard ISS
Nikolai Chub
aboard ISS
Tracy Caldwell Dyson
aboard ISS
Matthew Dominick
aboard ISS
Michael Barratt
aboard ISS
Jeanette Epps
aboard ISS
Alexander Grebenkin
aboard ISS
Butch Wilmore
aboard ISS
Sunita Williams
aboard ISS
Li Guangsu
aboard Tiangong
Li Cong
aboard Tiangong
Ye Guangfu
aboard Tiangong
Upcoming launches
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18
SpaceX
Oct 30, 2026, 4:02 AM
Go for Launch
GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03)
Indian Space Research Organization
Oct 30, 2026, 6:21 PM
Go for Launch
Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432
SpaceX
Nov 2, 2026, 1:56 AM
Go for Launch
Electron | The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9)
Rocket Lab
Nov 3, 2026, 12:00 AM
To Be Determined
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-21
SpaceX
Nov 5, 2026, 5:14 AM
Go for Launch
Long March 12 | SatNet LEO Group TBD?
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Nov 5, 2026, 8:00 PM
To Be Confirmed
Electron | The Mountain God Rises (iQPS Launch 10)
Rocket Lab
Nov 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
To Be Determined
Near-Earth asteroids passing today
Tracked by NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. “Potentially hazardous” is a size + orbit classification — none of these is on a collision course.
Closest approach today
2018 VX1
Misses Earth by 8,586,217 miles at 19,541 mph, up to ~19 m across.
| Asteroid | Miss distance | Speed | Max size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 VX1 | 8,586,217 mi | 19,541 mph | 19 m | |
| 2017 UP6 | 22,704,234 mi | 44,501 mph | 36 m | |
| 2019 UQ6 | 27,106,022 mi | 44,351 mph | 43 m | |
| 2011 OB57 | 35,038,580 mi | 40,591 mph | 38 m | |
| 2010 AL30 | 35,356,901 mi | 19,567 mph | 22 m |
NASA astronomy picture of the day
NASA Science
Sometimes it's night on the ground but day in the air. As the Earth rotates to eclipse the Sun, sunset rises upfrom the ground. Therefore, at sunset on the ground, sunlight still shines on clouds above. Under usual circumstances, a pretty sunset might be visible, but unusual noctilucent clouds float so high up they can be seen well after dark. Normally too dim to be seen, they may become visible just after sunset during the summer when illuminated by sunlight from below the horizon. Noctilucent clouds are the highest clouds and are known more technically as polar mesospheric clouds. Featured here as they appeared in early August, a network of blue noctilucent clouds was captured in the distant sky above a field of green grass near Linköping, Sweden, with trees in stark silhouette across the horizon. Much about noctilucent clouds has been discovered only in the past two decades, while how they form and evolve remains a topic of active research.Tomorrow's picture: round and round
2026-10-27 · NASA/public domain
Sources: The Space Devs (launches) · Open-Notify & wheretheiss.at (ISS/crew) · NASA CNEOS (asteroids) · NASA APOD · updated Oct 27, 2026, 7:44 AM. Times shown in your local time.