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Two Russian cosmonauts conducted a ceremonial handoff of the Olympic
torch at the start of a planned six-hour spacewalk to perform
maintenance on the International Space Station. For obvious safety
reasons, the flame was not lit. (Nov. 9/2013) The Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch relay made history today: After riding from Earth to the International Space Station , two Russian astronauts took it with them on a space walk, marking an Olympic first.
For safety reasons, the flame was not lit: "That's because an open flame in a spaceship could be, well, dangerous," Howard explained. "Still, once back on Earth at the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics in February, the space torch will be all fired up."
Luckily, during the space walk, Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazanskiy did not let go, but the torch was tethered anyway.
The torch will return to Earth on Monday. In case you missed it, here is video of the day the torch arrived on the Space Station
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Erstmals Olympia-Fackellauf im Weltall.
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