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June 11, 2014
As fans around the world tune in to World Cup 2014, a few fans out of this world will be watching, too. United States astronauts Reid Wiseman and Steve Swanson and German astronaut Alexander Gerst will be cheering on their teams from some 230 miles above Earth aboard the International Space Station.
Astronauts to Watch World Cup Aboard Space Station
Video above: United States astronauts Reid Wiseman and Steve Swanson and German astronaut Alexander Gerst will be cheering on their teams from some 230 miles above Earth aboard the International Space Station. Video Credit: NASA TV.
View NASA's World Cup 2014 page: http://www.nasa.gov/worldcup/
The crew sent down a special message to wish good luck to all the players and teams as they compete in World Cup 2014 in Brazil from June 12 until the final match July 13. The astronauts have trained for years to work together as a unified crew, but the U.S. astronauts and their German crewmate are feeling a little friendly competition: their home countries will play against each other for a chance to advance out of Group G of the World Cup matches. USA and Germany face off on June 26 at Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil.
Image above: (From left) Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson and Flight Engineers Alexander Gerst and Reid Wiseman wish soccer fans and the World Cup 2014 "peaceful games." Image Credit: NASA TV.
Reid Wiseman, of NASA, and Alexander Gerst, of the European Space Agency, arrived at the space station on May 28 as part of the Expedition 40/41 crew and are scheduled to spend the next several months living and working in space until they return to Earth in November 2014. Steven Swanson arrived as part of the Expedition 39/40 crew on March 25 and is expected to return home in September 2014.
For more information about the International Space Station and its current crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/station/
You can Follow Reid Wiseman and Alexander Gerst on Twitter at @Astro_Reid and @Astro_Alex.
Image, Video, Text, Credits: NASA / NASA TV.
