05.12.2015, 06:50
British astronaut Timothy Rush said he intends to run the London Marathon in weightlessness aboard the International Space Station, this is reported to site the event, which will take place April 24.
The peak is going to train to go the distance, along with thousands of other participants. He said he intends to run 26.2 miles distance on a special treadmill aboard the ISS, watching the broadcast of the event in London on the screen Ipad.
He said that the restraining system on the simulator to create a semblance of Earth’s gravity, but not too comfortable, so the records can not be expected. In 1999, the peak of the same run a marathon in 3 hours 18 minutes, and now he expects results in 3.5-4 hours.
The general director of the marathon Hugh Brasher said that a landmark event will encourage young people studying science and space.
In turn, the British band Pet Shop Boys and wished good luck to the astronaut photograph signed to Twitter .
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