Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Russian Patriarch Kirill Wants to Go to Space; Says Orthodox Church Approves of Space Operations

The Interfax-Religion website reports today (December 1, 2010) that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has stated his interest in going to space.

Anatoly Perminov, head of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said, "The Patriarch would like to go to space if there is an opportunity. It turned out that he once carried out 19 training flights on a jet, performing various aerobatic stunts."

Patriarch Kirill said the Orthodox Church approves of all current space operations and displayed keen interest in space simulators at the training center in Star City, according to Perminov.

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