Throughout history, astronauts of various backgrounds have taken their religious traditions into orbit, from reading the Torah and the Book of Genesis to praying toward Mecca in microgravity. For some ...

The first interplanetary padre, confronted by an antennaed Martian or fly-eyed Venusian, will hardly know what to say about the Gospel. First he will have to find out how the space creature stands ...

As the spaceship slowly approaches Mars its captain is overcome by religious remorse. Though he is the mastermind behind the space station orbiting Earth, and hasn’t had any interest in the Bible ...

(RNS) — Both Apollo 8 and Artemis II missions included public references to religion, but astronauts aboard the Artemis’ Orion spacecraft struck a broader, more global tone. (RNS) — On Monday (April 6 ...

The golden rule may not apply in outer space. The International Astronautical Congress, which received the Pope’s blessing at its meeting in Rome last week, heard Washington Lawyer Andrew G. Haley ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - When astronauts launch into space, they leave behind family, friends and earthly possessions to complete critical, time-sensitive missions. But religious traditions are one of ...