{"id":18479,"date":"2018-06-08T21:47:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T13:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/space-station-veterans-give-pope-francis-his-own-flight-suit-with-cape\/"},"modified":"2018-06-08T21:47:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T13:47:03","slug":"space-station-veterans-give-pope-francis-his-own-flight-suit-with-cape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/space-station-veterans-give-pope-francis-his-own-flight-suit-with-cape\/","title":{"rendered":"Space station veterans give Pope Francis his own flight suit (with cape)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis now has the right kind of suit for experiencing heaven in this world.<\/p>\n<p>During a visit to the Vatican, crew members from the International Space Station\u2019s Expedition 53 gave the pope his very own blue flight suit.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s even a short white cape to go with it, embellished with embroidered wings.<\/p>\n<p>But in a nod to the secular world, the flight suit\u2019s name tag doesn\u2019t read \u201cFrancis\u201d or \u201cPontifex.\u201d Instead, the tag uses the pontiff\u2019s birth name, Jorge M. 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And the sleeve sports the flag of Francis\u2019 native Argentina rather than Vatican City\u2019s crossed-keys banner.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1005098124115730434&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2018%2Fspace-station-veterans-give-pope-francis-flight-suit-cape%2F&amp;sessionId=b1c649970e12ef4b4923663aefc3488d035b0bef&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1005098124115730434\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782803008993970247=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">El Papa Francisco recibi\u00f3 durante una audiencia informal a un grupo de astronautas de la misi\u00f3n 53 de la Estaci\u00f3n Espacial Internacional, quienes estuvieron acompa\u00f1ados por sus familias. pic.twitter.com\/i56Yv1x73E<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Notimex (@Notimex) June 8, 2018<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The spacefliers\u2019 visit to the Vatican was organized to follow up on last October\u2019s chat between Pope Francis and the space station crew. Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli led the way, but NASA\u2019s Randy Bresnik, Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei were in on today\u2019s papal audience as well, along with Russia\u2019s Sergey Ryazanskiy and some of the crew\u2019s family members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince clothes make the man, we thought we\u2019d have a flight suit like ours made for you,\u201d Nespoli told the pope, according to an account from ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, OK \u2026 and you will plan my trip!\u201d Francis joked.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, Bresnik told Catholic News Service that he\u2019s been impressed by the pope\u2019s influence, in space as well as on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was interesting seeing the Catholics on our crew, the Eastern Orthodox crew members, to see everybody energized by talking with the pope, with what he represents,\u201d said Bresnik, who is a Baptist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis now has the right kind of suit for experiencing heaven in this world. 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