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Space station Pope – Francis calls the astronauts

Thursday, October 26th, 2017

Pope Francis telephoned the International Space Station yesterday. The call, which was organised by the European Space Agency and NASA, aimed to connect Francis with the astronauts on board the space station – three Americans, two Russians and one Italian. The Vatican planned for the phone call to be transmitted live by its Television Center. Read more

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Vatican library and European Space Agency work together

Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

The Vatican library and European Space Agency may not be obvious bedfellows, but they’re working together to look after the Vatican archives. Over the past five years, the Vatican has been digitising its records. Many of these are very old. The system being used – known as “FITS”, which is short for flexible image transport Read more

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