SEE: How the Olympic torch made it to space
We’re sure there are plenty of ultra-smart scientific reasons for NASA’s Expedition 38, but that stuff is actually rocket science so let’s focus on what we know.
See also: 10 amazing places the Olympic torch has travelled (including space!)
UPDATE: Image from the spacewalk
The Olympic torch that will light the flame at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games was on board.
PHOTO: NASA
The torch was aboard a Soyuz TMA-11M rocket. With big Sochi 2014 stickers on it.
PHOTO: NASA
It got there on a train.
PHOTO: NASA
No, these dudes won’t take a photo of you with the rocket for Instagram. We’re not saying they’re not friendly, but…
PHOTO: NASA
The rocket was launched on Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, in this photo it’s being…ummm, hey look the Olympic rings!
PHOTO: NASA
Go time! It took the rocket six hours to get to the International Space Station. It used to take two days.
PHOTO: NASA
The torch was brought up to the ISS by flight engineers Mikhail Tyurin, Koichi Wakata and Rick Mastracchio.
PHOTO: NASA
The Olympic torch went on its first-ever space walk with flight engineers Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy who were already hanging out at the ISS.
