Russian Cosmonauts Relay the 2014 Olympic Torch During a Spacewalk

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy relayed the 2014 Sochi Olympic torch during a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station for the first time at 9:34 AM EST on Saturday, November 9th. Olympic torches were taken into space in 1996 and 2000, but this is the first time one has been taken into the vacuum of space.

Olympic Spacewalk

Olympic Spacewalk

photos via NASA HQ PHOTO

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