The Weight That Vanished at 9,000 Feet
In 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin rocketed beyond Earth's atmosphere and experienced something no human being had ever felt. As the Vostok 1 capsule broke...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Romans 8:1.
In 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin rocketed beyond Earth's atmosphere and experienced something no human being had ever felt. As the Vostok 1 capsule broke free from gravitational pull, the crushing force that had pinned him to his seat simply released. Tools floated. His checklist drifted upward. The persistent, invisible weight that had pressed against every cell of his body since the moment of his birth was, for the first time, completely gone.…
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