Opinion

'We need a habitat on the moon,' says former NASA flight director

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:49:39 -0400

HOUSTON -- Upcoming space travel plans need to include living on the moon, similar to scientific habitats in the Arctic and Antarctica, said Gene Kranz, NASA's former flight director.

Moon landing inspired a country and a career in aerospace engineering

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:34:18 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Retired Maj. Gen. Mike Wiedemer was an aerospace engineering and ROTC student at the University of Notre Dame in July 1969 when Apollo 11 launched and Neil Armstrong took a "giant leap for mankind" by becoming the first man to walk on the moon.

Astronauts found God in space

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:15:31 -0400

I didn't realize there was a moon-landing Bible verse until my pastor mentioned it a few weeks ago.

Being curator of meteorites allows Jesuit to 'find God' in all things

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:57:03 -0400

HOUSTON -- At the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo near Rome, Jesuit Brother Robert Macke finds his work as the curator of meteorites for the Vatican Observatory -- formally founded in 1891 by Pope Leo XIII -- allows him to, as the Jesuit saying goes, "find God in all things."

Editorial: God��Ƶapp grace in space

editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:33:46 -0400

The 50th anniversary of the first moon landing salutes a towering human achievement, but it should also be a call to contemplate our place in God��Ƶapp creation.

Beyond the moonlight: Faith written in the stars

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 09:14:32 -0400

Jesuit Fr. Adam Hincks does not remember the excitement, the mind-expanding fascination or the must-watch-TV coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. He was born in 1982.