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Regreso a la Tierra. Memorias y reflexiones de nueve astronautas al volver del espacio
2019
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Yuri Gagarin narra el primer viaje al cosmos. Neil Armstrong ingresa en una cuarentena para no esparcir los gérmenes lunares. Al Worden compara las sensaciones del espacio profundo con las llanuras abisales del océano. Edgar Mitchell pasa el resto de su vida tratando de explicarse qué fue lo que vio. Valentín Lébedev publica el diario personal de sus meses en el espacio. Mike Mullane se emborracha con cerveza en la ceremonia de bienvenida. Rodolfo Neri Vela aprende a caminar de nuevo. Anousheh Ansari se come una manzana prohibida. Scott Kelly sueña que está en el espacio y todo está cubierto de nieve. ¿Qué sucede cuando el cuerpo vuelve a la gravedad terrestre? ¿Qué pasa después de observar la vastedad del universo? ¿Cómo cambia la percepción de la Tierra de aquellos que han podido reflexionar sobre ella desde la inmensa lejanía? La antología no desea explorar la vida en el espacio, sino las impresiones sobre el universo y la Tierra que el regreso del espacio provoca. ¿Cómo se describe esa emoción; eso que además ningún otro ha sentido? Lo conocido se vuelve desconocido; lo «real» adquiere matices de ficción. Con palabras comunes, comienzan a aparecer en el fondo, o a veces cerca de la superficie, rasgos de una memoria que sorprende por sus exploraciones poéticas, acaso involuntarias: la levedad y la pesadez, la inercia y la lentitud, la claridad y la opacidad.

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Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong
Author · 3 books
Neil Alden Armstrong is an American aviator and a former astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. He was the first person to set foot on the Moon. His first spaceflight was aboard Gemini 8 in 1966, for which he was the command pilot, becoming one of the first U.S. civilians to fly in space. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2½ hours exploring while Michael Collins remained in orbit in the Command Module.
Edgar D. Mitchell
Author · 4 books

Captain Edgar Dean "Ed" Mitchell, Sc.D. is a former U.S. Naval officer, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, having served as the Lunar Module Pilot of the 1971 Apollo 14 mission and the 6th man to walk on the moon. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1970 by Richard Nixon. He is the founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) for the purpose of consciousness research and related phenomena. His experience as an astronaut provided some of the inspiration for the phenomenon labeled the "Overview effect" by Frank White.

Mike Mullane
Mike Mullane
Author · 4 books

Richard Michael Mullane is an engineer and weapon systems officer, a retired USAF officer, and a former NASA astronaut. During his career, he flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-D, STS-27, and STS-36.

Elon Musk
Author · 2 books
Elon Reeve Musk is an entrepreneur, investor, and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early-stage investor, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI.
Scott Kelly
Scott Kelly
Author · 6 books
Scott Kelly is a former military fighter pilot and test pilot, an engineer, a retired astronaut, and a retired U.S. Navy captain. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on three expeditions and was a member of the yearlong mission to the ISS. In October 2015, he set the record for the total accumulated number of days spent in space, the single longest space mission by an American astronaut. His identical twin brother is Mark Kelly, also a former astronaut.
Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield
Author · 8 books
Chris Hadfield is one of the most seasoned and accomplished astronauts in the world. The top graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School in 1988 and U.S. Navy test pilot of the year in 1991, Hadfield was selected by the Canadian Space Agency to be an astronaut in 1992. He was CAPCOM for 25 Shuttle launches and served as Director of NASA Operations in Star City, Russia from 2001-2003, Chief of Robotics at the Johnson Space Center in Houston from 2003-2006, and Chief of International Space Station Operations from 2006-2008. Hadfield most recently served as Commander of the International Space Station where, while conducting a record-setting number of scientific experiments and overseeing an emergency spacewalk, he gained worldwide acclaim for his breathtaking photographs and educational videos about life in space. His music video, a zero-gravity version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity," received over 10 million views in its first three days online.
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