Colonel Ron Garan used to be a fighter pilot, participating in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Then, he became an astronaut and his life changed in a way he could never have foreseen. Having seen the fragile beauty of earth from space, a stunningly rare vista only a handful of humans have ever seen, Garan’s perspective of life on earth changed entirely.His views of earth as a tiny marble 240 miles below led him to see a way forward without divisions of race, nations or religions.
Combining a thrilling narrative of a huge 177 days spent in space with a powerful message of the need for optimism,trust and global collaboration to sustain our way of life, The Orbital Perspective is an utterly unique memoir
