Fragile Oasis is the grassroots initiative that connects the orbital perspective of astronauts who live and work in space with people who want to make a difference on Earth. Join us!
Earthlings from different countries and cultures worked through differences to construct the International Space Station – the most complex structure ever built - and for the past 13 years have lived and worked together in Space for the benefit of all humanity. Vital Voices brings people together on Earth to do the same. Learn more about this Fragile Oasis community project.
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Ron Garan, who lived and worked in space for 178 days, is also a highly decorated Fighter Pilot and Test Pilot, Explorer, Entrepreneur and Humanitarian who believes that appropriately designed and targeted social enterprise can solve many of the problems facing our world. Ron is the founder and visionary catalyst for Fragile Oasis, inspiring people to improve life on this spaceship we call Earth. More about this husband, father, pizza aficionado and astronaut.
Three Fragile Oasis community projects have earned the Fragile Oasis Prize Medal for making a positive impact in Education, Humanitarian Service and Peace. The winners are ...
It has been a little more than two years since I felt called to embark on this journey - to walk to the highest point of every continent - in an effort to put my nation of Bangladesh and her women in a more positive light in the eyes of the world. Bangladesh in southern Asia from the orbital perspective ...Keep Reading
I hear the word innovation constantly. The word is used in advertising, business plans, and countless seminars and conferences. Although there are cases of misuse and overuse for sure, I believe the reason why we hear the word innovation so much is because what is needed at this moment in history is, in fact, innovation. That is, innovation defined as ...Keep Reading
We all have moments in our lives where something shifts, clicks into place. For me it was in June of 2008, when I clamped my feet to the end of the robotic Canadarm-2 on the International Space Station. With me firmly attached to the end, the arm was flown through a maneuver that we called the “windshield wiper,” which took ...Keep Reading
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