NASA Astronauts celebrate opening of Paris Olympic games from International Space Station

(28 Jul 2024)
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NASA - MUST CREDIT NASA
International Space Station - video published 26 July 2024
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1. Various of astronauts aboard international space station (ISS) hold a fake torch
2. Various of astronauts exercising aboard ISS
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Dominick, NASA Astronaut:
"Over the past few days on the International Space Station, we've had an absolute blast pretending to be Olympic athletes. We, of course, have had the benefit of weightlessness. We can't imagine how hard this must be to be such a world class athlete. Doing your sports under actual gravity. So from all of us aboard the International Space Station to every single athlete in the Olympic Games. Godspeed."
STORYLINE:
The six NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station marked the beginning of the Paris Olympics in weightlessness as a video by NASA showed the various astronauts holding a fake torch and participating in exercises reminiscent of the sports played during the Paris games.

NASA Astronaut Matthew Dominick closed the video with a message to the Olympic athletes.

"We, of course, have had the benefit of weightlessness. We can't imagine how hard this must be to be such a world class athlete. Doing your sports under actual gravity. So from all of us aboard the International Space Station to every single athlete in the Olympic Games, Godspeed," Dominick said.

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