Paul VI addressed the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus. He referred to two American astronauts in space aboard the space shuttle Gemini with these words: “Today why don’t we keep in our thoughts, and in our Sunday prayers, the astronauts, those pioneers of space conquest, those audacious representatives of scientific and technological power and the richness of modern man? Yes, let’s entrust these two travelers aboard the Gemini to God, but not only them. Let’s entrust the entire world of scientific research to God, along with all human works made powerful by modern instruments—in order that man will discover ever more clearly in the cosmos, in nature, the immanent imprint of the mysterious creating wisdom of God, instead of being blinded by his own discoveries; and in order that, in the effort to dominate things, man won’t forget fundamental values, which are always those of the spirit, of life, of truth, of peace, and of the reign of God.”