People Have Lived in Space Without a Break Since 2000

For more than two decades there has always been someone living off the planet. NASA states that the International Space Station has been continuously occupied since November 2000. The station is a shared project. An international partnership of five space agencies from 15 countries operates it, and NASA describes an international crew of seven people who live and work on board while traveling at five miles per second. The crew does a great deal of science. According to NASA, through Expedition 60 the laboratory had hosted nearly 3,000 research investigations from researchers in more than 108 countries. The people on board have also taken more than 3.5 million photographs of Earth. One person stands out for time served: NASA says Peggy Whitson set the U.S. record of 665 days living and working in space on September 2, 2017.