Unpacking Space with Dr. Sian Proctor.
🚀 Unpacking Space | A Short Documentary with Dr. Sian Proctor 🌍✨
In this fascinating short documentary, Dr. Sian Proctor, a geoscientist, space artist, and astronaut, shares an exclusive look at the personal items she took to space during the Inspiration4 mission—the world’s first all-civilian spaceflight. 🌌
As one of the first Black female commercial astronauts and a passionate advocate for space exploration, Dr. Proctor unpacks the meaningful objects she brought aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience and reveals the powerful stories behind them. From her artwork to sentimental keepsakes, each item represents her journey, dreams, and historic mission.
🔹 What does an astronaut pack for space?
🔹 How does spaceflight change your perspective on life?
🔹 What’s next for Dr. Sian Proctor in space exploration?
Watch Unpacking Space for an intimate glimpse into the personal side of space travel, featuring one of the most inspiring voices in the new era of commercial spaceflight.
Hidden No More: Black Women In Space
While the movie Hidden Figures exposed the unknown importance of black women to the US Cold War space program, the New Space Revolution is being driven in no small part by those who inherited that role and are dramatically expanding on it — women who are certainly not hidden figures. A frank and free-wheeling discussion on the growing positive impact of black women as leaders of the human breakout into space, and what can be done to help accelerate the trend.
The Overview Effect: Seeing Earth from Space
According to those who have taken the ride, seeing the Earth from space changes something in your mind and soul. Author Frank White calls this "The Overview Effect". Whether a shift in consciousness, one's relationship to the Earth, the cosmos, or humanity itself, White believes a transformation occurs in those who experience the incredible vision of the MotherWorld from space. Join a group of astronauts who have been there, from sub-orbital private space explorers, to seasoned NASA trained astronauts, as they do their best to explain what may be unexplainable, and share why they believe the rest of us need the chance to experience it ourselves.
