Friday, November 8, 2013

Olympic torch placed in the Russian sector of the ISS - BBC News

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commander of the International Space Station Russian Fyodor Yurchikhin placed the torch of the Winter Olympics in Sochi on the place of honor of the Russian segment of the orbital complex.

“The torch was in the hands of each member of the crew of the ISS, it carried on all interior rooms station” – leads the “Interfax”, the words, uttered during a session with the ISS Mission Control Center near Moscow.

station commander told about the order rackets torch crew. According to him, the first fire went to Japanese Kaiti Wakata, after he moved to the Italian Luca Parmitano, then it was carrying astronaut Michael Hopkins, then picked up the torch of the only female astronaut Karen Nyberg at the station that transmitted the torch to his colleague Richard Mastracchio. He also handed the torch Russian Mikhail Tyurin, turn down the flame got Ryazan Sergei and Oleg Kotov. The last torch carried by ISS Fyodor Yurchikhin. “I found him in the Russian segment of the place of honor,” – said the astronaut.

ISS Commander highlighted the special role of Mikhail Tyurin as a space torchbearer, noting that he was the first person in history, who entered with a torch in the International Space Station. Sam Jurchihin November 11 will return fire to the earth. And it is from this torch is lit the Olympic flame at the main stadium of the Olympics.

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