What NASA’s Artemis II tells us about the ‘overview effect,’ moon joy and awe

The moon we are looking at is not the moon you see from Earth whatsoever.” What Koch and her crew mates experienced—what NASA ...

Artemis II’s return sparks a fresh look at how the ‘Overview Effect’ has impacted space travelers: “You see that we are way more alike than we are different”

Looking down on Earth from space is something less than a thousand people have experienced, but each one recounts the same shift in consciousness.

‘It really bent your mind’: The life-altering phenomenon astronauts experience in space

The Artemis astronauts’ reflections echo a long described change that occurs when humans are given the chance to view Earth ...
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‘Moon Joy’ and the Overview Effect—How Views from Space Change Us

The moon we are looking at is not the moon you see from Earth whatsoever.” That’s how Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch described our natural satellite as the mission’s spacecraft drew closer to the ...

Jordan: What the astronauts are telling us about the Iran war

Amid Iran war tensions, astronauts aboard the Artemis mission experience the “Overview Effect” highlighting Earth’s fragility ...
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The overview effect: Why astronauts get emotional seeing Earth from space

When astronauts see Earth from space, something in the brain shifts permanently. Scientists call it the Overview Effect, and ...
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The Overview Effect

This presentation was recorded on November 7, 2013 in the "Moving Beyond Earth" exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Human spaceflight has changed our world, but can a ...