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Inflection Point
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Inflection Point

Rachel talks with new chairman, Ryan Kriser at this, “inflection point” for S4H.

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It’s an Honor!
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It’s an Honor!

Space for Humanity is honored to receive the James Kuzma Space Community Advocacy Award!

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An Invitation to Give ‘To Space For Earth!’
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An Invitation to Give ‘To Space For Earth!’

2022 was the year that Space for Humanity fulfilled its mission to send our first Citizen Astronauts to Space. What’s in store for us in 2023? With your help, not even the sky is the limit!

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Hurry, 14 DAYS Until Applications Close!
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Hurry, 14 DAYS Until Applications Close!

There are only TWO WEEKS left before the latest round of applications for our Citizen Astronaut Program (CAP), close! 🚀

APPLY NOW!

https://spaceforhumanity.org/apply

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THIS IS YOUR CHANCE
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THIS IS YOUR CHANCE

Join Sara and CA-1, Katya Echazarreta, and become a Space for Humanity Citizen Astronaut. Yes, that means GO TO SPACE! We are seeking exceptional leaders from around the world who want to make a change within their communities and on the broader global scale.

APPLY NOW!

https://spaceforhumanity.org/apply

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From Sara:  To Space, for Us.
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From Sara: To Space, for Us.

Tomorrow Sara Sabry becomes our second Citizen Astronaut to go to Space. When she does, she adds to a growing trend of new explorers. But these trailblazers aren’t exploring some dark, unknown border on a map. They explore what it is to be human. What it means to be connected. What it feels like to bring hope to a new generation of explorers whose journeys will permeate all peoples of this place we all call home. She also continues the trend started by our first citizen astronaut, Katya Echazarreta. To write a letter to those that come next. So, to you, the next citizen astronauts. Here’s Sara in her own words.

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Introducing S4H's Second Citizen Astronaut: Sara Sabry
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Introducing S4H's Second Citizen Astronaut: Sara Sabry

Today, we are proud to announce our selection committee has chosen Sara Sabry to become the organization’s second citizen astronaut. Sara will become the first Egyptian to fly to space when she flies aboard Blue Origin’s NS-22 flight.

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TEDx Feels the Overview Effect!
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TEDx Feels the Overview Effect!

It turns out that when astronauts go to space and look back down at our planet, and see it as a floating, interconnected, fragile ball of life in this infinite universe, it causes a transformation in their mind, a cognitive shift called, THE OVERVIEW EFFECT.

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From Our Executive Director: Mission Success
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From Our Executive Director: Mission Success

As Space for Humanity realizes its mission to send its first citizen astronaut to space, we asked Executive Director, Rachel Lyons to sum up this moment in our history, in her own words.

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From Katya: My Journey To Now
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From Katya: My Journey To Now

What I want you to know is that you belong here too. You deserve this too. You can make it too. I believe that this new era is about opening new doors and holding them open for those who will come after us. 

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