Orbital follows six astronauts from various nations aboard the International Space Station over a single day, capturing their routines, reflections, and awe-inspiring views of Earth.
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Orbital follows six astronauts from various nations aboard the International Space Station over a single day, capturing their routines, reflections, and awe-inspiring views of Earth.
A slender novel of epic power and the winner of the Booker Prize 2024, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men traveling through space. Selected for one of the last space station missions of its kind before the program is dismantled, these astronauts and cosmonauts—from America, Russia, Italy, Britain, and Japan—have left their lives behind to travel at a speed of over seventeen thousand miles an hour as the earth reels below. We glimpse moments of their earthly lives ...
will contain mild spoilers
No sexual content depicted
No violence or gore present
No profanity or strong language
No substance use depicted
No LGBTQIA+ representation
Recurring themes of religious faith, belief in God, and existential questions about divinity
No witchcraft or occult elements
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Discussions on climate change, human progress, global interconnectedness, and fading national borders
No self-harm or suicide themes
No abuse or suffering depicted
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