Badminton has reached space! Astronauts tossed shuttlecock in International Space Station

NewsBharati    07-Feb-2018
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Moscow, February 7: The colonization of space by humans is gaining more momentum with time. Astronauts are turning outer space a second home and making their out of world stay more entertaining. First badminton match outside the world, aboard the International Space Station, took place.

Russian state space corporation Roscosmos reported on Tuesday about outer space match. Russian cosmonauts and astronauts from the US and Japan played this historic match. "For the first time, the ISS became a venue for sports. Athletes from Russia, the US and Japan competed in the orbital badminton tournament," representatives of the space agency said.

The matches were played in men’s doubles while two Russian cosmonauts teamed up against NASA astronaut and the only Japanese, JAXA astronaut. Later, two other Americans replaced their companions. The score was not specified but whatever the friendship in the outer world won.

Alexander Misurkin is a two-time champion of the "Star Shuttle" tournament, played in the ground, confessed his satisfaction after the match. He said as far as he is concerned, "this is just the same, as putting a flag on Mars,". Mirsurkin is a well-known lover of the game.

Outer Space Badminton Match Astronauts International Space Station ROSCOM NASA JAXA