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Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino describes the 'chaos' of space and looking down at earth from the Hubble Space Telescope as it orbited Earth. he told 5 live's Sarah Brett and Nihal Arthanayake:

"The only thing that protects us from this harshness of space where we can't exist,is our beautiful atmosphere."

This clip is from Afternoon Edition on Tuesday 25 October.