After six months orbiting Earth, astronauts don't just describe seeing the planet differently — they describe becoming a different kind of person, and the ones who knew it was coming say that knowing made almost no difference

After six months orbiting Earth, astronauts don't just describe seeing the planet differently — they describe becoming a different kind of person, and the ones who knew it was coming say that knowing made almost no difference

body.single-post h1.entry-title,body.single-post .entry-title{text-transform:none!important;} The strange thing about the overview effect is that many astronauts already know the story before they leave Earth. They have seen the photographs. They have heard veterans describe the view. They may have read the essays, watched the documentaries and been told that Earth will look borderless, fragile and whole from orbit. And still, when astronauts sp…