Dark Side of the Earth

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Science

4.6 • 44.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2012

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

200 miles above Earth's surface, astronaut Dave Wolf -- rocketing through the blackness of Earth's shadow at 5 miles a second -- floated out of the Mir Space Station on his very first spacewalk. In this short, he describes the extremes of light and dark in space, relives a heart-pounding close call, and shares one of the most tranquil moments of his life.

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0:00.0	Wait, you're listening.
0:01.1	Okay.
0:02.4	All right.
0:03.6	Okay.
0:05.0	All right.
0:06.4	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:09.4	Radio Lab.
0:10.1	Shorts!
0:11.5	From W-N-Y-C.
0:14.7	See?
0:15.0	Yes.
0:16.5	And N-P-R.
0:19.0	Hey, I'm Chad Aboumrod.
0:20.6	I'm Robert Quillwich.
0:21.6	This is Radio Lab.
0:22.6	The podcast.
0:23.6	And we've just finished our In the Dark tour, which is the thing we've been yammering
0:27.5	on about for the last year.
0:29.1	And we wanted to play for you in this podcast one of our favorite stories from that show.
0:33.6	Now, this was designed for the eye as well as the ear, this particular performance.
0:38.2	So you will not see the Pallabola Dance Theater, which means you will not see, oh, my.
0:45.7	Pretty amazing stuff happening on that stage.
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