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Oct 2021
48m 39s

Cosmic Queries – Seeing Earth From Space...

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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What do you learn from going to space? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and guest co-host comedian Jordan Klepper answer patron questions about living in space with engineer and NASA astronaut Nicole Stott. What’s the Overview Effect?

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Photo Credit: NASA

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