Higher, faster: Russia to add some  space to 2014 Olympic festivities

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 17:00 in Astronomy & Space

Russia is injecting outer space into the 2014 Olympics — both literally and figuratively.The host nation for the next Winter Games will launch an Olympic torch on a spacewalk and embed meteorite fragments into a special set of gold medals.Scheduled for Feb.

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