# People in Space Right Now

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/iss-api/astronauts-in-space/  
**Provider:** ISS Location API (Open Notify) — https://apis.io/providers/iss-api/  
**Base URL:** http://api.open-notify.org  
**Documentation:** http://open-notify.org/Open-Notify-API/People-In-Space/

People in Space Right Now is one of 3 APIs that [ISS Location API (Open Notify)](https://apis.io/providers/iss-api/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Astronauts, Crew, People in Space, ISS, and Real-Time. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

Returns a JSON object containing the total count of humans currently in space and an array of crew member objects, each with the person's name and the spacecraft they are aboard. Covers all crewed spacecraft, not only the ISS. Requires no parameters or authentication.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — http://open-notify.org/Open-Notify-API/People-In-Space/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/open-notify/Open-Notify-API
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/iss-api/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other ISS Location API (Open Notify) APIs (2)

- [ISS Location API (Open Notify) Astronauts API](https://apis.io/apis/iss-api/iss-api-astronauts-api/)
- [ISS Location API (Open Notify) ISS Location API](https://apis.io/apis/iss-api/iss-api-iss-location-api/)

## Tags

Astronauts, Crew, People in Space, ISS, Real-Time

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