The view of earth from space is so spectacular that it can apparently transform astronauts’ perspectives on life—and even draw these scientists toward religion and spiritualism. “Something happens to you out there,” Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has said. “You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.” Mitchell described this emotion as “interconnected euphoria” and several other…
Astronauts report an “overview effect” from the awe of space travel—and you can replicate it here on Earth
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