"Roscosmos" plans to enter the astronauts on board the International Space Station with the Olympic torch - The radio station Echo of Moscow

April 28, 2013 | 11:32

This is not a copy, and one to one exactly the same torch, like the Olympic Games, told “Interfax” the deputy head of “Roskosmos” Vitaly Davydov. He said that the torch will not fire because the Kindle Fire on the ISS will not be allowed. According to Davydov, script access to the open space has already been agreed with the Olympic Committee. For this to be even changed the flight schedule of manned spacecraft to the station. Access to space with the Olympic torch is scheduled for November of this year.

Earlier, the head of the Sochi Olympics organizing committee Dmitry Chernyshenko said that the Olympic Flame will visit on the bottom of Lake Baikal and the North Pole, as well as the rise of Elbrus – the highest mountain in Europe.

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