It has been a long time since I posted twice in one day, but it occurs to me . . .
Today, Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026, we have a spacecraft on its way to a trip around the Moon. Today, one of our astronauts, mission pilot Victor Glover, gave an impromptu message for people on Earth. Among his words:
I think, as we go into Easter Sunday, thinking about all the cultures all around the world, whether you celebrate it or not, whether you believe in God or not, this is an opportunity for us to remember where we are, who we are, and that we are the same thing, and that we've gotta get through this together.
Nearly sixty years ago, on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968, the Apollo astronauts, Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman, were also on their way to a circumlunar flight. In a live television broadcast, they read from the Book of Genesis, beginning with the words:
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Both spacecraft were named for Greek gods. Even so, their astronauts named only God.
There was war then and there is war now. But there will be peace, if only people will turn towards it and the Creator of all things.
Original text copyright 2026 Terence E. Hanley
I'm old enough to remember that Apollo flight, and I have been thinking about those days and how young I was the last time we did anything like this in space...
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