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Astronaut to Run the Boston Marathon From Space

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the space-racing dept.

BostonBehindTheScenes writes "American astronaut Sunita Williams will run 26.2 miles on a treadmill on Patriot's Day (April 16th for those of you outside of Massachusetts) while runners on the ground will compete in the 111th Boston Marathon, according to this New Scientist article. And yes, she is an actual registered participant who qualified by finishing among the top 100 women in the Houston Marathon in 2006. NASA's press release touts this as yet another space first."

2 of 176 comments (clear)

  1. Oh no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Yet another astronaut wearing diapers and striving hard to close a large distance...

    NASA beware, it's spreading!

  2. mo3 0p by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    already dead. it is engin3ering project To place a paper