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- Nov 20, 2019
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NASA flight director says faith, family have marked his life’s journey
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Aug 2, 2019
Gene Kranz, NASA flight director during the 1969 landing of the first man on the moon, spoke about faith and family to more than 1,000 attending the Galveston Houston Archdiocesan Prayer Breakfast July 30.
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Jesuit priest, longtime astronomy fan, reflects on Apollo 11 anniversary
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Jul 22, 2019
Jesuit Father Pedro Cartaya remembers shaking hands with astronaut Neil Armstrong.
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Through crackly transmission, these two eavesdropped on Apollo 11 landing
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Jul 21, 2019
The NASA astronauts didn’t know it, but WHAS radio technician Larry Baysinger and his journalist friend Glenn Rutherford had tapped the frequency of the 12-watt radios — walkie talkie-type communicators — used by Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Armstrong on the moon’s surface.
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Now-retired scientist has spent life, career showing people the stars
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Jul 20, 2019
Jim O’Leary has spent the past 44 years looking up into the heavens — a space-age kid who grew up watching astronauts rocketing into the great beyond.
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50 years on, moon landing still generates a wistful sense of wonderment
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Jul 6, 2019
Astronauts and astronomers discuss their emotions about their work 50 years after the first moon landing.
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Pope Francis calls long distance to astronauts in space
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- Oct 26, 2017
In a live link from the Vatican, Pope Francis told the six astronauts on the International Space Station – which he called a “little glass palace” – that they are an example of international cooperation. The astronauts are from the United States, Russia, and Italy.
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