Play golf in space

During the space walk scheduled for the night of November 22, 23, Russian astronaut Mikhail Tyurin will play golf.

According to Igor Panarin, spokesman for the Russian Space Agency Roskomos, on the International Space Station (ISS) there are two golf clubs and four golf balls made by a famous American company. Outside of the ISS Station in the Orlan traveling suit, Mikhail Tyurin will deliver a ball with a golf club at a speed of 1m / s.

The golf ball released in space will be filmed and photographed by American astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria.

' According to the contract signed with the US company to build golf equipment, the astronaut must film a 5-minute video and take five photos, ' Panarin said.

Members of the previous mission on the ISS Station, two astronauts Pavel Vinogradov (Russia) and Jeffrey Williams (USA), were not successful in making history as the first space players in the world. gender.

Model of astronaut will play golf in space (Photo: NASA)

This promotional activity has been postponed at NASA's request. The US Space Agency said that this could be potentially dangerous. The ball launched at high speed in space could bounce back and hit the International Space Station.

' Then the Americans changed their minds ,' said a representative of the Flight Control Center (TSOUP).

According to him, golfing activities in space will definitely promote this sport. Once it becomes a ' space junk ', the ball will not endanger the ISS Station nor the satellite constellations, as it will end the journey on an orbit and not cause a collision. Come on. It will then destroy itself in the dense layers of the atmosphere.

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