Director Barbara Anastacio brings us a zero-gravity portrait of astronaut Maurizio Cheli.
Known for being the first non-native pilot to hold the status of mission specialist in a United States Space Shuttle mission and logging a massive 377 hours in space, here, Cheli invites the director inside his extraterrestrial abode, where he muses on feeling connected to the world at large by getting a little distance between him and humanity. Read more on NOWNESS - http://bit.ly/2h6cvKx
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