James Oberg, NBC News space analyst, reported Jan. 6, 2006, that the Russian space program has experienced a religious revival since 1991. The Baikonur Cosmodrome has a Russian Orthodox church, and priests routinely bless both rockets and crews. Cosmonauts carry Russian icons into orbit. This year, Orthodox Christmas was held in a new church. And... well, let him tell you more.
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Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber
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I read this memoir conversion story on my Kindle back in 2011 when it first
was published. I said then that I enjoyed the story, but it left me feeling
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