Science October 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM

'It really does change you': SpaceX Crew-12 commander wishes we could all see our fragile Earth from space

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The astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-12 mission wish that we could all see Earth as they just did —as a beautiful but fragile outpost of life in a vast void.

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