On Orbit

In the novel, which became the laureate of the Booker Prize in 2024, it tells about one day on the International Space Station. Throughout the narrative, we will look at Earth through the eyes of astronauts. They observe an amazing spectacle, inaccessible to us; they notice familiar places; they imagine what their loved ones are doing; they feel sad that they cannot be with them; they mourn losses that can no longer be compensated. Reading this miniature book, filled with philosophical meaning and deep experiences, we cannot help but feel the value of the entire world and the uniqueness of each life.

Samantha Harvey, in her book, inadvertently acted as a seer, predicting some significant changes in the architecture of the new American lunar program, related to the development of new initiatives in space exploration. But what is even more valuable is that she engaged her readers in the process of realizing humanity's place in space, doing so realistically, soberly, with gentle fantastical assumptions. Perhaps this is what we need to direct our gaze into the starry sky without losing connection with our home planet.