If we can build the International Space Station, ‘we can do anything’ – UN Champion for Space

Published on June 19, 2018

The sight of Earth, from hundreds of kilometers away in open space while you are tethered only to the International Space Station, is “absolutely amazing”, said Scott Kelly, the UN Champion for Space and former US astronaut, stressing that the world we live on “is our only planet.”

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