Orbital View: Sci-Fi Sand Dunes
Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
Kjell Lindgren must be a science-fiction nerd; Arrakis is a desert planet in the Dune book series by Frank Herbert.
Lindgren, along with Kelly, took a break from Instagramming and astronaut-ing to appear at a congressional hearing via satellite yesterday, which they ended with a backflip:
