Earth Light

Sian Proctor flew on SpaceX Dragon, and marveled at Earth Light. She uses poetry to describe her journey.

Poetry is a form of music – as powerfully shown by Dr. Sian Proctor, astronaut, geoscientist, pilot and poet, flew on the first all-private mission to Earth orbit, on SpaceX Dragon. While in orbit, she found time to observe our beautiful planet, and wrote “Earth Light”, a poem about her mesmerizing experience.

Inspiration4 was the first all-private mission to Earth orbit. Led and funded by Commander Jared Isaacman, the four-person crew spent three days in orbit, doing experiments, adapting to space and observing Earth.

Dr. Proctor’s poem captures the emotional impact in such powerful language, about being “bathed in Earth light”.

Photos by astronauts on Inspiration4 – Sep 17, 2021