Article 22MN1 Living in space puts Earth in a new light: 'I'd never seen that shade of blue before'

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

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Terry Virts
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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.

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