Photo by: NASA APPEL
On May 13 Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield returned to earth after almost 5 months in the International Space Station.
After 144 days of weightlessness, Chris said his return to earth felt like a car crash. Suddenly he and his two crew members were lying on their side, looking out the window of their Russian space capsule at the ground and grass of the Kazakhstan Steppe.
Having experienced the thrill of watching and photographing earth from space, Commander Hadfield has since said that his Expedition 35 adventure was too good to not be shared. 900,000 followers on Twitter apparently agree.
Chris has also become a Space Singing Superstar in the release of his version of David Bowie’s 1969 “Space Oddity”.
Since landing, the social media sensation has been teaching fellow earthlings what it is like to see ourselves from 230 miles above, as well as the pain and confusion involved in readjusting to the life giving gift of gravity.
For me, getting a sense of what Hadfield saw and felt has been a needed reminder of what why it is so important to see from perspectives outside of, and beyond ourselves.
Chris’ observations resonate with what so many of us have already gotten a taste of from the One who has been sharing what life, hope, purpose, and reality look like from the perspective of his Father’s house and heart. (John 14:1-3) (John 14:7).
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