{"id":82143,"date":"2026-04-15T10:37:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=82143"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:37:22","slug":"did-you-know-a-copy-of-psalm-8-was-left-on-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/did-you-know-a-copy-of-psalm-8-was-left-on-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know A Copy Of Psalm 8 Was Left On The Moon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Aleteia<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.en.aleteia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/web3-moon-landing-astronaut-nasa-shutterstock_506044933-bakhur-nick.jpg?resize=620,350&amp;q=75\" alt=\"MOON\" width=\"399\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"  \">\n<p>When astronauts made their first steps on the moon in 1969, leaders from around the world sent messages to NASA that would be placed in a capsule and left on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"  \">\n<p>This included a\u00a0<strong>signed copy of Psalm 8 from Pope Paul VI<\/strong>. NASA\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/apollo-11-goodwill-messages.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described it<\/a>: &#8220;A highly decorative message from the Vatican is signed by Pope Paul.&#8221;\u00a0 Psalm 8 was handwritten in <strong>Latin<\/strong> and is a Psalm that glorifies God and his creation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1776249442\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Did You Know A Copy Of Psalm 8 Was Left On The Moon?\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Aleteia: When astronauts made their first steps on the moon in 1969, leaders from around the world sent messages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82144,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82143\/revisions\/82144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}