The Astronaut Who Couldn't Stop Thinking About Home
When astronaut Chris Hadfield floated aboard the International Space Station in 2013, he pressed his face against the cupola window and watched Earth spin below...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 8:4-9.
When astronaut Chris Hadfield floated aboard the International Space Station in 2013, he pressed his face against the cupola window and watched Earth spin below at 17,500 miles per hour. From 250 miles up, he could cover entire continents with his thumb. Cities vanished. Highways disappeared. Seven billion people reduced to a blue marble wrapped in cloud. Hadfield later described the strange ache that settled over him.…
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