Another flight crew returned to Earth from the International Space Station in a tiny Russian Soyuz capsule on Sunday, and this time they brought back a little piece of history.
NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg, Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano towed the Olympic torch, which launched with the Expedition 38 crew on Nov. 7
Although it was in orbit for a very short time, the torch had its first “spacewalk” on Nov. 9 when two Russian cosmonauts passed it between two modules as part of an “international relay.” Now back on Earth, the torch will continue its trek to Sochi, Russia for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games Read more…
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