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020			_a9781529922936
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100			_aHarvey, Samantha
245			_aOrbital
260			_bVintage, _c2024. _aLondon :
300			_a136 p. ; _c20 cm.
365			_b499.00 _c₹ _d01
520			_aSix astronauts rotate in their spacecraft above the Earth. They are there to collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans. Endless shows of spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day. Yet although separated from the world they cannot escape its constant pull. News reaches them of the death of a mother, and with it comes thoughts of returning home. They look on as a typhoon gathers over an island and people they love, in awe of its magnificence and fearful of its destruction. The fragility of human life fills their conversations, their fears, their dreams. So far from Earth, they have never felt more part - or protective - of it.
650			_aAstronauts Novels
650			_aSpace
650			_aLiterary General
650			_aNarrative Theme
650			_aScience Experiments
650			_aSpace Stations
650			_aSpace Flights
650			_aEarth Novels
650			_aTyphoons Fiction
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