two astronauts use a ‘glove box’ – photo by Don Pettit courtesy of CTV news
Toronto. In the summer of 1969, we were ecstatic to see on TV a B&W news short of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. For the first time ever man created enough energy in a rocket to break the hold of gravity and float to our moon.
Years earlier, in high school I learned that we needed a powerful enough rocket to off-set the pull of gravity before we could ‘escape’ to other worlds/planets. People today seem blasé about such feats, taking the international space station (ISS) in stride.
For the photo at left the CTV news cut line reads, “Superb science: Don Pettit captures the hands of NASA astronauts Nick Hague, left, and Suni Williams inside the Life Sciences Glovebox, a facility at the International Space Station. (Don Pettit/NASA)”.
In a recent email, my friend Clint (PHSC president, auctioneer, fair coordinator, HR department, columnist, etc. – and professional photographer) Sent this link to a CTV news article, “Through an astronaut’s lens: Images from a photographer in space” that displayed some of astronaut Don Pettit’s photos. Take a peek at them – definitely other-worldly …
