My first thought was no political correctness there. My second thought I’d want something like this if I were at the top of a rocket shooting into space.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Moscow, December 1, Interfax<\/a> – The crew of Soyuz TMA-20 piloted spaceship that starts from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 5, will take Gospels to the International Space Station, the crew commander Dmitry Kondratyev said. <\/p>\n

“The crew attended a prayer service dedicated to our flight. Father Job conducted it. We received church gifts from Father Job and Gospels for ISS. We hope to take it with us and leave at the station,” Kondratyev said in his interview posted on the Roskosmos website. <\/p>\n

The prayer service was conducted in the Transfiguration Church in Zvezdny Gorodok. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia consecrated the newly built church last weekend. Hegumen Job (Talats) is appointed its rector.<\/p>\n

The cosmonaut said that the Soyuz crew is ready for the flight to Baikonur planned for December 3.<\/p>\n

Before the flight, Kondratyev and his colleagues Catherine Coleman (USA) and Paolo Nespoli (Italy) will meet with Roscosmos head Anatoly Perminov. Traditional tea party of the crew and leaders of the Russian space department will take place on December 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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