Three months ago Bill Anders passed at the age of 91 years. In December 1968 it was Anders together with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell who were the first to leave the Earth’s orbit and travel to the ...

Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company founded in 2004 by Richard Branson, promotes its flights as offering: A Brand New Perspective: Deepen your connection to Earth and to humanity with the ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The overview effect, as described on The Science Show in February brings reassurance and perspective.

As described by both the space-bound and 'space philosopher' White, the effect is something like coming to understand that the earth is far grander than just a thing to stand on You can save this ...

As beautifully coined by Frank White, one of the most influential space philosophers of our time, the Overview Effect is described as a cognitive shift in awareness that occurs when one views the ...