Anton Panferov Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Tue, 12 Nov 2013 22:40:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Anton Panferov Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Olympic Torch Arrives Back From Outer Space https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/11/12/1-olympic-torch-arrives-back-outer-space/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/11/12/1-olympic-torch-arrives-back-outer-space/#comments Tue, 12 Nov 2013 22:39:28 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=11520 The Olympic torch has been to outer space and back.

The torch has even been on a spacewalk.

It’s the first time that has ever happened.

The torch will be used to light the flame that will launch the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, hosted by Russia.

On Nov. 7, a spacecraft called the Soyuz TMA-11M left Russia carrying three crew members and the Olympic torch.

It was bound for the International Space Station (ISS), which is in orbit around the Earth.

Two Russian cosmonauts on the ISS received the torch. Later, they brought it outside and symbolically handed it off to each other in open space. The hand-off took about an hour.

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