A small question with a cosmic answer

Who was in space
on your big day?

Birthday, anniversary, graduation, launchiversary, or that Tuesday when you finally assembled the bookshelf. Pick a date and meet the humans orbiting Earth while Earth was busy celebrating you.

Use 12/29 or 1229; add a year like 12/29/1975 or 12291975

Try a launch:

This day in space

Today, above Earth

Orbit calendar

Every day, counted.

Pick a month and scan the orbital traffic. Each day shows the number of humans in space; click any day to open that day’s crew.

Crew change log

Every handoff,
without the rocket smoke.

This view lists the dates where the orbital roster changed. Each entry shows who launched, who returned, and how the headcount looked before, during, and after that day.

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Your orbital overlap

A special-day twin,
but make it cosmic.

We compare your date against every orbital flight window. Launch before midnight, land after sunrise, and complete at least one orbit: that astronaut is part of your birthday crew.

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Pick a date

Birthday, anniversary, or a suspiciously memorable Tuesday.

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Cross the flight log

We match that date against launch and landing timestamps.

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Meet your crew

Explore missions, books, biographies, and the humans behind the helmet.

Built for the whole human story

Every flag.
Every program.
Every orbit.

The production archive is designed for NASA, Roscosmos, ESA, CNSA, JAXA, CSA, private missions, and every program that has put a human into orbit.

1961Archive begins
1+Orbit required
--Max in orbit
UTCDate standard

Prototype note: this build contains a curated demonstration set plus current active crews, not yet the complete human spaceflight record.

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