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NASA astronaut Victor Glover shares his first video of Earth from space

  • by Jake Bell
  • in Research
  • — Nov 28, 2020
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"The video just doesn't do it justice - It is pretty fantastic though", Glover says in video as he points the camera towards Earth.

"Looking at the Earth through the window of Dragon Resilience".

NASA and Procter & Gamble (P&G) have signed an agreement to develop the first detergent for washing clothes in space - despite a long-standing recommendation against astronauts doing their own laundry. "It makes me so happy that you are finally in space witnessing such beauty!"

While astronauts wear spacesuits when working outside the International Space Station (ISS), they mostly wear normal clothing. "It is the first post-certification mission of Space X's Crew Dragon spacecraft - the second crewed flight for that begicle - and a long duration mission aboard the International Space Station", according to a statement by NASA.

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It seems Glover is having that special little moment, as he is now 1,161,600 feet above Earth's surface.

NASA astronaut Janet Epps will become the first black woman to ascend the International Space Station in 2021.

'I'm a rookie astronaut, I'm the pilot and going to be learning the ropes from a very experienced crew, ' said Glover.

"My first video from space!" he wrote whereas sharing the clip on Twitter. He is one of the first people to go on a private mission to ISS and the first black person to live on the ISS for an extended stay.

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NASA announced that the Serena Union-Chancellor, previously assigned to Mission 58/59, has been reassigned to Expedition 56/57 crew, to replace the IPS.

"My sister Dr. Janet Epps has been fighting against oppressive racism and misogyny at NASA and now they're stopping her and letting a Caucasian astronaut take her place!" "It was an wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime feeling", he said.

According to KSBY, the 44-year-old Southern California native graduated from California Polytechnic State University in 1999 with an engineering degree.

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