Video: Astronaut kicks on ISS

Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) perform ball-passing and ball movements, to celebrate the upcoming 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) perform ball-passing and ball movements, to celebrate the upcoming 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Reid Wiseman, Steve Swanso of the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA), Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (ESA) are three astronauts working at ISS.

Picture 1 of Video: Astronaut kicks on ISS

Snapshot from video

From ISS, they have a small football match between three people, with ball-rolling and ball-passing moves in a zero gravity environment, to celebrate the biggest sporting event on the planet that will kick off tomorrow in Brazil. In the video, three researchers simultaneously sent good wishes to the teams participating in this year's World Cup.

Before working on ISS, astronauts had two years of training to live and work, research in a space environment.

Update 15 December 2018
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