Historic Olympic torch spacewalk
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On its way to Sochi for the start of the Winter Olympics in February, the Olympic torch made one of its greatest journeys ever — a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station.
Russian astronaut Oleg Kotov holds an Olympic torch as he takes it on a spacewalk as Russian astronaut Sergei Ryazansky gives instructions outside the International Space Station in this still image taken from video courtesy of NASA TV, November 9, 2013.
Russian astronaut Oleg Kotov holds an Olympic torch as he prepares to take it on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station in this still image taken from video courtesy of NASA TV, November 9, 2013.
Russian astronaut Oleg Kotov holds an Olympic torch as he prepares to take it on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station
Russian astronaut Oleg Kotov holds an Olympic torch as he takes it on a spacewalk as Russian astronaut Sergei Ryazansky prepares the camera outside the International Space Station
Russian astronaut Oleg Kotov holds an Olympic torch as he prepares to take it on a spacewalk
Russian astronaut Oleg Kotov (R) holds an Olympic torch beside Russian astronaut Sergei Ryazansky outside the International Space Station in this still image taken from video courtesy of NASA TV, November 9, 2013. A pair of Russian cosmonauts took the Olympic torch into open space for the first time in history on Saturday as part of the torch relay of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.
The Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft decorated with the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games logo and a blue-and-white snowflake pattern, blasts off from the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome November 7,
