Olympic Torch Launches Into Orbit with New Space Station Crew

Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 00:00 in Astronomy & Space

A torch for the 2014 Sochi Olympics lifted off for the International Space Station on Wednesday night (Nov. 6), accompanied by Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio and Koichi Wakata - the station's new crew.

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