Space Daily July 20, 2026 • 01:27

Astronauts who have seen the whole Earth at once describe the overview effect — every war and border and argument hanging in silence — and afterwards traffic and small talk can feel strangely far away, like the world seen through glass - Space Daily

Edgar Mitchell coined a private version of it on Apollo 14 in 1971; Frank White gave it a name in 1987; and in April 2026 the Artemis II crew, flying 406,771 kilometres from Earth, described the same shift in almost the same words.

Edgar Mitchell, riding home aboard Apollo 14 in February 1971 after walking on the Fra Mauro highlands, watched Earth, Moon and Sun rotate through the capsule window every two minutes and later said … [+8747 chars]

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Astronauts who have seen the whole Earth at once describe the overview effect — every war and border and argument hanging in silence — and afterwards traffic and small talk can feel strangely far away, like the world seen through glass - Space Daily

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