Saturday, November 9, 2013

Torch Olympics in Sochi "does not want to" leave open space - BBC

ISS Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazan complete historic spacewalk on the program of the Russian segment of the ISS, the beginning of which they carried the torch for the Olympic Games in Sochi aboard the space station, reports ITAR-TASS .

After the astronauts began to move towards the docking bay module “Pirs”, which previously put Sergey Ryazan ‘Feather of the Firebird, “they noticed that the flame” fell out “of the airlock hatch out.

«Look, Oleg, the torch going out” – drew attention to this fact Kotova Ryazan. “He is secure” – reassured the Ryazan Kotov.

conducting a final check of equipment and examination gloves before entering the station, Kotov caught “fugitive” and pinned to the reliability of your suit. Then the astronaut with a torch “floated” in the gateway, “Pierce».

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