The international space station ISS. (Image: 3Dsculptor / Shutterstock)
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The Olympic Games also reached the ISS on Saturday. Shortly before the end of the games in Tokyo, a shortened, heavily modified competition portfolio was held in space.
Even if life on the International Space Station (ISS) is certainly demanding and exhausting, the astronaut and her astronaut colleagues always have one or the other entertaining idea. On Saturday they decided to hold the unofficial space Olympiad. It was carried out over four disciplines, namely “Bottomless Routine”, “No-Handball”, “Synchronized Swimming in Space” and “Weightless Sharpshooting”.
So that people outside the ISS can also have fun The French astronaut Thomas Pesquet recorded the competitions with his smartphone and shared them on Twitter. If you watch the videos, you will see that the focus was clearly on having fun. Let the games begin!
The “bottomless routine”
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Pesquet to: “Applause to Pjotr for finishing his routine without touching anything, a difficult achievement!”
” No-Handball “
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Pesquet: “No-H andball – we had to adjust the rules a bit during the game, both sides had to invest a lot to win. “
“Synchronized swimming in space”
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Pesquet: “Sync Chronized space swimming – an opportunity to show teamwork and team cohesion. “
“Weightless Sharpshooting”
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Pesquet: “Schw erless sniping – concentration and skill (or luck) were necessary to reach the target. “
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