Science and Exploration

Photo: In The Cupola, Gazing Down at Earth From Orbit

By Keith Cowing

May 24, 2013

Filed under OnOrbit

Astro_Wheels: Wanted to share this view out of the Cupola. We said farewell to our teammates Sasha, Misha and Tracy this weekend and they are safely back on planet Earth. Tracy in quiet reflection of an incredible journey…homeward bound… Larger image.

Keith’s note: In seeing this image, I am reminded of other, similar images from science fiction. The first two images below are from “Star Trek: First Contact”. The other is from “2001: A Space Odyssey”.

Astro_Wheels: Wanted to share this view out of the Cupola. We said farewell to our teammates Sasha, Misha and Tracy this weekend and they are safely back on planet Earth. Tracy in quiet reflection of an incredible journey…homeward bound… Larger image.

Keith’s note: In seeing this image, I am reminded of other, similar images from science fiction. The first two images below are from “Star Trek: First Contact”. The other is from “2001: A Space Odyssey”.

Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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