(ANSA) - Vatican City, June 8 - Italian astronaut Paolo
Nespoli and his International Space Station colleagues on Friday
gave Pope Francis his own personalised spacesuit complete with a
white cape similar to the papal mantle.
The customised version of the astronauts' blue jumpsuits also
had an Argentinian flag and a badge with Francis's birth name,
Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
The ISS members thanked the pope for his supportive message
in a video hook-up with their mission last October.
Nespoli gives pope spacesuit
ISS astronauts received in Vatican