Today, almost everyone has seen the Blue Marble, a photograph of Earth from space that was taken 40 years ago today. But only a handful of people have actually viewed our world firsthand from the outside, and the idea of being able to see the planet as a single, fragile whole was unprecedented when the first Blue Marble shot was taken. For the Blue Marble's anniversary, filmmaking group Planetary Collective has put together "Overview," a short documentary featuring five astronauts whose perspective on the world changed when they went into space. It's a moving look at how leaving Earth has given everyone, perhaps most of all the astronauts themselves, a new way to appreciate our place in the universe.
40 years after the Blue Marble, remembering how spaceflight changed our view of Earth
40 years after the Blue Marble, remembering how spaceflight changed our view of Earth
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