Back to Earth. What Life in Space Revealed to Me About Our Home Planet and the Mission to Protect Earth

Nicole Stott – astronaut, aquanaut, and artist. She spent 103 days, 5 hours, and 48 minutes aboard the International Space Station. After 27 years of working at NASA, she founded the Space for Art Foundation and gives talks around the world, including in the Vatican and at the historic United Nations meeting on the Paris Agreement. Stott appears in the National Geographic documentary series Unknown Planet Earth. She currently resides in Florida with her family. In the book Back to Earth, Nicole shares with readers valuable insights on solving survival problems and crisis response – and each of us can benefit from her experience to change the situation. She knows that we can overcome differences for the sake of resolving global issues such as climate change because every day aboard the International Space Station she witnessed such an approach. Stott recounts situations she faced during space flights and shares ideas from scientists, activists, and everyone working on solving the greatest environmental challenges before us. She learned about the complexities of Earth's biodiversity from NASA engineers working on creating living conditions in space, and from scientists defending life on Earth for future generations. Ultimately, Stott shows how each of us can demonstrate respect for our home and for each other – but this is only possible if we consider ourselves not just passengers, but members of one crew on a shared complex mission. In the book Back to Earth, my former colleague from the space crew Nicole Stott skillfully conveyed the feelings of astronauts looking at Earth from space: it is a perspective that can change your entire life regarding our beautiful yet fragile home for which we must take responsibility. The book is a must-read for anyone who cares about our planet – and indeed, we all should care about it, – Scott Kelly, astronaut, bestselling author New