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Douglas H. Wheelock

@Astro_Wheels

Test Pilot; NASA Astronaut: STS-120 & ISS-25; Space Station Commander; Aspiring Poet; Inspired by quiet moments, kindness and the power of the spoken word.

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On this sacred night, when the aurora looked like rain, I reflected back on my childhood dreams of flying a spaceship through the infinite expanse of space... to be among the mosaic of billions of stars, and visit other worlds. Now as I look from space at our planet I realize that had I been born and spent my childhood here in space... how much greater and more vivid my dreams would have been to visit this blue planet.

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913 days ago

On this sacred night, when the aurora looked like rain, I reflected back on my childhood dreams of flying a spaceship through the infinite expanse of space... to be among the mosaic of billions of stars, and visit other worlds. Now as I look from space at our planet I realize that had I been born and spent my childhood here in space... how much greater and more vivid my dreams would have been to visit this blue planet.

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ignacio_licious 782 days ago

emocionantemente asombrosooo...

tejon42 793 days ago

La foto es magnífica, pero el pensamiento que encierras en ella es sublime...

ewamann 796 days ago

I tend to see the Northern Lights a few times each winter, here in northern Sweden. To see it from space must be even more powerful. It is beautiful!

MiTesoroSuarez 801 days ago

Es Realmente Hermosisimo

VejaJuazeiro 812 days ago

Aurora boreal E PARTE DA TURBINA DA NAVE.

GomerJonesh 812 days ago

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sandarwai 854 days ago

dichoso de ti que tocas el cielo con tus manos

FrancescaKenobi 867 days ago

no words... fantastic!

Brasset80q 868 days ago

normatively inundation flax archetypic http://bit.ly/g4AEne

Melwen84 868 days ago

Wow : O

Angels39 886 days ago

This is truly Awesome - Thank you for sharing this! Simply Amazing!

luanco_soul 892 days ago

HIS WORDS COMES FROM INSIDE,TOGETHER WE DANCE IN THE SPACE

JC774 893 days ago

Sencillamente impresionante !!!

Angi3_92 894 days ago

guau:) es bellisimo.!!

pennysuzie1262 897 days ago

Gorgeous photo of the aurora. We've seen it here in New Milford, PA several times... the reflection. One night the sky was this beautiful misty red to purple color. It felt surreal.

mellamodanielaa 901 days ago

*-* bello <3

Cecealejandra27 905 days ago

woooohh

UpperCycle 905 days ago

This looks like the ten thousand sounds from the soundless Lord God making their appearances before you to test your union with the "One without a Second."

ValeriaGarcia8 907 days ago

hello I congratulate you for the photos you take to show you are very beautiful and I love valeria Greetings from Argentina!