Video: Olympic torch is put into space

For safety reasons, the torch will not be lit when in the universe. Astronauts will walk out into space to receive the torch.

The Russian space agency Roscosmos said the spacecraft brought the 38/39 international fleet to the International Space Station (ISS) with the Russian astronaut Mikhail Tyurin, American Richard Mastracchio, and Koichi. Japanese Wakata.

>>>The Sochi Olympic torch is about to fly to space

Two astronauts Russian Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazanskiy, who are working at ISS, will conduct torch relay in the universe tomorrow. The Olympic torch will be in the universe for 5 days before returning to Earth on 11/11.

For safety reasons, the torch will not be lit when in the universe. Astronauts will walk out into space to receive the torch.

The torch relay ceremony outside the space is the opening event to celebrate the 2014 Winter Olympic Games held in Sochi city.

Update 15 December 2018
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