see the thin film of the atmosphere that sustains all of life memories of the fragility of the Earth pondering "why we exist" on the horizon, aspirations to seek out habitable environments in the universe. Ingenuity — that little helicopter — defeating the odds outliving its planned lifespan. put the first woman and the first person of color on the moon. science is critical in answering Are we alone? implications beyond our solar system how Earth evolved, and why you could see from that altitude how we're messing it up the thin film of the atmosphere that sustains all of life. science is critical in defeating the odds.