Living in space puts Earth in a new light: 'I'd never seen that shade of blue before'

From watching lightning storms to giving the Vulcan salute over Boston, Nasa astronaut Terry Virts on his 200 days floating through the cosmos

The space suit is only a few layers of plastic and rubberised metallic material. There's a very thin plastic shield covering your face, a few millimetres thick: that's your visor. Between your body and the other side of that plastic visor is instant death.

It's an amazing experience, outside in the cosmos.