The Kármán line is recognized as the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, a Swiss-based governing body and record-keeping organization.

Perhaps the most well-known and controversial demarcation of space, the Kármán line lies at 100 kilometers (62 miles) above sea level. Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard flights travel just ...

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According to them, space starts 12 miles below the Karman Line, at 50 miles above Earth's surface. Pilots, mission specialists and civilians who cross this boundary are officially deemed astronauts.

Daisy Atterbury’s ’10 “The Kármán Line” explores queer and colonial narratives through boundaries, bodies and binaries On Oct. 15, Daisy Atterbury ’10, lecturer of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies ...

The Kármán line exists 100 km above the Earth in the thermosphere, a layer of Earth’s atmosphere that you probably haven’t thought of since an elementary physical science class.

The Kármán line is recognized as the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, a Swiss-based governing body and record-keeping organization.