One very special EarthBall is launched into orbit aboard the NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis. During their 9 day, 3.7 million mile journey, astronauts deployed the EarthBall in various filming projects.

Retail shops, school boards and parents begin buying small Earths by the thousands! They start popping up in classrooms, offices and churches around the globe!

The first digitally printed giant Earth globe premieres at The World Petroleum Congress in Calgary, Alberta. The Orbis Digital Cartography company is born.

Collaborating with NASA, Orbis transforms satellite imagery into the most visually authentic globes ever created.  These debut at the Winter Olympic Games as two 16 foot revolving Orbis Globes.

Orbis creates a gigantic 20 foot diameter world globe for the ELCA Youth Gathering concert in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome.

After several years of development, Orbis produces the first internally illuminated Giant World Globes.

Orbis creates and installs eight giant planets and moons for the Space Fantasy attraction at Universal Studios in Osaka Japan.

EarthBalls are lofted into space again (see 1992) to the International Space Station for numerous activities, including the CBS News series “Everyone in the World Has a Story”.

Orbis produces an 18 foot illuminated world globe for Vancouver Canada’s new Convention Centre, used as the International Broadcast Media Center during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Eric J Morris, founder of Orbis World Globes, delivers a TED talk at TEDx Orcas Island about the inception and gestation of EarthBalls.

Pope Francis holds a video conference on October 26th with astronauts aboard the ISS. Throughout this historical event, an orbiting EarthBall is displayed for the Pope and the world to appreciate.

For the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, Orbis creates a custom globe featuring NASA’s ‘Black Marble’ city lights, which is displayed on the 4th floor patio of the UN building.

Orbis introduces a new line of lightweight inflatable world globes, featuring the popular NASA Blue Marble image, and ranging from 6’  to 16’ in diameter.

Orbis creates an 8’ diameter illuminated Mars globe for the “Mars: The Next Giant Leap” exhibit at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

Orbis closes out the year by installing a custom rotating globe at the Aurora Discovery Institute in Fairbanks, AK displaying Earth’s city lights AND the Aurora Borealis / Aurora Australis.

Orbis produces a huge 14’ diameter custom pink “Barbie World” for a Mattel / Schwarzkopf promotional campaign in Los Angeles.