Space travelers have reported profound changes in the way they view their faith related to the overview effect, while some secular groups have criticized the use of government spacecraft for religious activities by astronauts.
Para penjelajah angkasa dikabarkan mengalami prubahan dalam cara mereka memandang keyakinan mereka terkait efek Overview, sementara beberapa kelompok sekuler mengkritik pemakaian pesawat luar angkasa pemerintah untuk kegiatan keagamaan oleh para antariksawan.
On Christmas Eve, 1968 astronauts Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman read from the Book of Genesis as Apollo 8 orbited the Moon.
Pada Malam Natal 1968, para antariksawan Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, dan Frank Borman membacakan Kitab Kejadian saat Apollo 8 mengorbit di Bulan.
A lawsuit by American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O'Hair alleged that the observance amounted to a government endorsement of religion in violation of the First Amendment, but the case was dismissed.
Sebuah gugatan dari pendiri American Atheists Madalyn Murray O'Hair menuduh bahwa kegiatan tersebut melanggar Amendemen Pertama, tetapi gugatan tersebut ditolak.
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, a Presbyterian, performed a communion service for himself using a kit provided by his church.
Antariksawan Apollo 11 Buzz Aldrin, seorang Presbiterian, melakukan kegiatan perjamuan kudus untuk dirinya sendiri memakai barang yang disediakan oleh gerejanya.
Aldrin had told flight director Chris Kraft of his plans and intended to broadcast the service back to Earth but opted not to at the request of Deke Slayton, due to the continuing controversy over Apollo 8's reading.
Aldrin mengatakan rencana tersebut kepada kepala penerbangan Chris Kraft dan berniat untuk menyiarkan kegiatan tersebut saat kembali ke Bumi tetapi ditolak atas permintaan Deke Slayton, karena kontroversi berkelanjutan dari pembacaan di Apollo 8.
Ed White, one of the astronauts who perished, had wanted to take a Bible to the Moon.
Ed White, salah satu antariksawan yang ikut serta, ingin membawa Alkitab ke Bulan.
A signed message from Pope Paul VI was included among statements from dozens of other world leaders left on the Moon on a silicon disk during the Apollo 11 mission.
Sebuah pesan bertandatangan dari Paus Paulus VI dipadukan di antara pernyataan-pernyataan dari puluhan pemimpin dunia lain yang didatangkan ke bulan memakai cakram silikon pada misi Apollo 11.
Following the mission, William Donald Borders, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando, told the Pope that the 1917 Code of Canon Law placed the Moon within his diocese, as the first explorers had departed from Cape Kennedy which was under his jurisdiction.
Setelah misi tersebut, William Donald Borders, Uskup Keuskupan Orlando, berkata kepada Sri Paus bahwa Kitab Hukum Kanonik 1917 menempatkan bulan dalam keuskupan tersebut, karena para penjelajah pertama berangkat dari Cape Kennedy yang berada di bawah yurisdiksinya.
The whole crew also celebrated on December 25, two weeks prior.
Seluruh kru juga mengadakan perayaan pada 25 Desember, dua pekan sebelumnya.
Muslims in space struggle with fulfilling their religious obligations, including kneeling and facing Mecca to pray in microgravity traveling at several kilometres per second.
Muslim di luar angkasa berniat memenuhi kegiatan agama mereka termasuk bersujud dan menghadap Makkah untuk salat dalam perjalanan mikrogravitasi di beberapa kilometer per detik.
The issue first came up when Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a Saudi prince, flew aboard STS-51-G and again when Anousheh Ansari flew as a tourist to the International Space Station.
Masalah tersebut mula-mula timbul saat Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, seorang pangeran Saudi, terbang dalam STS-51-G dan lagi saat Anousheh Ansari terbang sebagai wisatawan ke Stasiun Luar Angkasa Internasional.
In preparation for Malaysian Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor's trip to the ISS in 2007, the National Fatwa Council created "Muslim Obligations in the International Space Station" outlining permissible modifications to rituals such as kneeling when praying (not required in space), facing Mecca (or just Earth) when praying (left to the astronaut's best abilities at the start of prayer), and washing (a wet towel will suffice).
Dalam persiapan untuk kunjungan Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor dari Malaysia ke ISS pada 2007, Badan Fatwa Nasional membuat "Kewajiban Muslim di Stasiun Luar Angkasa Internasional" yang menjelaskan modifikasi yang diizinkan untuk ibadah-ibadah seperti bersujud saat salat (tak harus di luar angkasa), menghadap Makkah saat salat (terlepas kemampuan terbaik dari antariksawan saat memulai salat), dan berwudu (cukup memakai handuk basah).
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