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Jul 16, 2019 · When astronauts saw Earth from afar for the first time, they described a cognitive shift in awareness after seeing the planet "hanging in the void." It's been 50 years since the Apollo 11...
Aug 12, 2022 · The Apollo missions to the Moon gave people a completely new view of Earth and its natural satellite. Descriptions from the astronauts of a glowing blue and white orb hanging in the void of space, contrasted with a desolate gray Moon, were now scenes viewed in print and on television screens around the globe.
- What Is The Overview Effect?
- What Have Other Astronauts Experienced?
- What Can William Shatner’s Experience Teach Us?
Coined by Frank Whitein 1987, the overview effect describes what the spaceflight experience, for lack of a better term, awakens in those who venture into space and view Earth. As White writes: “There are no borders or boundaries on our planet except those that we create in our minds or through human behaviors. All the ideas and concepts that divide...
In 1961 — a full 60 years ago — Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. Upon his return, many expected him to emerge with a message of pro-Soviet Union propaganda, but instead he began remarking on the beauty of Earth and the feelings in his heart. “Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve an...
Being moved to tears is a common experience described by astronauts, going all the way back to Alan Shepard: the first American astronaut in space. Shatner, upon his return to Earth, recounted the following message of gratitude, hope, and the profoundly deep emotions he was feeling: “Everybody in the world needs to do this. Everybody in the world n...
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Dec 10, 2022 · These travelers saw Earth as a gleaming planet suspended in inky darkness, an oasis of life in the silent void, and it filled them with awe.
When astronauts first saw Earth from afar in the Apollo 8 mission in 1968 - the US's second manned mission to the moon - they described a cognitive shift in awareness after seeing our planet...
Oct 20, 2020 · We look lovely but fragile, hanging like a bright ornament in the vast black void of space, while the grey pockmarked lunar landscape frames the foreground. The contrast between the two worlds – lively, colorful Earth; dead, dull Moon -- is striking.
Nov 15, 2018 · When NASA launched Apollo 8 on December 21, 1968, the manned spaceflight mission had one objective: “To go around the moon and get back alive,” remembers the astronaut Bill Anders in a new short...
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