Shorts: Dark Side of the Earth

Radiolab

• Episode: Shorts: Dark Side of the Earth
• Website: Radiolab
• Feed URL: http://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab
• Duration: 00:19:29
• Published: 2012-10-09 01:00

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.