Travel with Rick Steves · Saturday, July 25, 2026
Astronaut Chris Hadfield describes how viewing Earth from 250 miles in space provided a profound global perspective and a deep respect for humanity's history. He found that photographs taken from the International Space Station emphasized the Earth's fragility and humanity's collective responsibility to protect it.
“You really see a global perspective, but with a huge respect for the history that got us where we are.”
“And so we have a tremendous responsibility to take care of it. And when you're up there, you realize that it's so easy to mess it up. And so easy to damage it. And so easy to ruin it.”