Pope’s 1st chat with astronauts in space will be streamed live by Vatican

By Associated Press
Thursday, May 19, 2011

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican says Pope Benedict’s XVI’s audio and video hookup Saturday with the International Space Station will be streamed live on the Internet site of Vatican Radio and CTV, the broadcasting arms of the Holy See.

While the pontiff is expected to greet all the crew, the Vatican says he will chat in particular with the two Italian astronauts aboard, Paolo Nespoli and Roberto Vittori. the rest