World Cup fever breaks out on the International Space Station

Zero gravity soccer for cosmonauts

Published on 02/06/2018 - 11:04•Updated 04/06/2018 - 13:14

Two Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station played a match in zero-gravity

World Cup fever has broken out in space. Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station have had an official 2018 FIFA World Cup football delivered to them from the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft.....and have been making the most of it.

World
Euronews Debates
Euronews Witness
No Comment
Qatar 365
Spotlight
The Global Conversation
Top News Stories Today
World News
Business
Business Line
Business Planet
Focus
Global Japan
My Wildest Prediction
Real Economy
Start Me Up
Target
The Big Question
The Dialogue
The Exchange

Anton Shkaplerov and Oleg Artemyev played an improvised match in zero gravity, allowing them to tumble and float around the capsule, and coming as close as they are ever likely to get to playing like Gareth Bale or Messi.

The World Cup kicks off in two weeks with the opening match in the Russian capital Moscow. It may even be visible from space.

Soyuz spacecraft launches with next ISS commander onboard

You might also like