Shorts: Dark Side of the Earth
Shorts: Dark Side of the Earth
WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information.
Sign up for our newsletters
to stay up to date on the stories that matter.
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, and shares one of the most tranquil moments of his life.