Cosmonaut golfer hits a global drive
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Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin began a six-hour spacewalk by hitting a golf ball into Earth’s orbit from the International Space Station to raise money for the Russian space program.
Tyurin, the station’s flight engineer, made a one-armed swat with a gold-plated six-iron. The ball was expected to circle Earth at least 48 times before it burned up in the atmosphere. He spent 16 minutes setting up the shot off a ladder. Canadian golf club maker Element 21 Golf Co. paid the cash-strapped Russian space agency an undisclosed amount for the stunt.
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