New record 19 astronauts in space this has never happened before
However, by the time the news was written, he had reached the space station. The astronauts aboard the Soyuz capsule are Don Petit, Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner. He will meet astronauts Michael Barrett, Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, Matthew Dominic, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams at the International Space Station. Cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin and Oleg Kononenko will also be present there.
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore went to the ISS for only 10 days, but due to a malfunction in their Starliner spacecraft, they were left stranded in space. The return of Sunita Williams and Butch can now happen in February or March next year.
Apart from this, four astronauts have also gone to space in the Polaris Dawn mission. These include Jared Isaacman, Colonel Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon.
What is Polaris Dawn mission?
The Polaris Dawn mission is a private commercial spacewalk mission. It was in the pipeline for many years and launched this September 10th. Four people are involved in the mission. Its funding and command is with Jared Isaacman. He is a billionaire businessman.