Astronauts Played First-Ever Tennis Match in Space
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Astronauts Played
First-Ever Tennis
Match in Space On Aug. 21, astronauts played space tennis. The match included NASA astronauts Drew Feustel, Ricky Arnold, Serena Auñón-Chancellor and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst. Feustel had been wanting
to do this for quite some time. Drew Feustel, commander of expedition 56, at NASA briefing The United States Tennis Association began
working on this idea with Feustel back in
December 2017. Their hope was to inspire young tennis players to take an interest in space. The match was projected on the Unisphere
in Queens, New York, which is where the
U.S. Open is being held from Aug. 21 to Sep. 9. The space-match
was also streamed
live online on the U.S. Open's Facebook,
Twitter and
YouTube channels. Aside from this being history in the making, it's also a great way for the astronauts to get in some of the
2 hours of exercise that they need per day to prevent their muscles and bones from deteriorating.
First-Ever Tennis
Match in Space On Aug. 21, astronauts played space tennis. The match included NASA astronauts Drew Feustel, Ricky Arnold, Serena Auñón-Chancellor and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst. Feustel had been wanting
to do this for quite some time. Drew Feustel, commander of expedition 56, at NASA briefing The United States Tennis Association began
working on this idea with Feustel back in
December 2017. Their hope was to inspire young tennis players to take an interest in space. The match was projected on the Unisphere
in Queens, New York, which is where the
U.S. Open is being held from Aug. 21 to Sep. 9. The space-match
was also streamed
live online on the U.S. Open's Facebook,
Twitter and
YouTube channels. Aside from this being history in the making, it's also a great way for the astronauts to get in some of the
2 hours of exercise that they need per day to prevent their muscles and bones from deteriorating.