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Dark Side of the Earth

2012-10-08 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·19m 31s ·by WNYC Studios
Dark Side of the Earth
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About this episode

200 miles above Earth’s surface, astronaut Dave Wolf – rocketing through the blackness of Earth’s shadow at 5 miles a second – floated out of the Mir Space Station on his very first spacewalk. In this short, he describes the extremes of light and dark in space, relives a heart-pounding close call,