Space.com’s Tariq Malik has an interesting story about what leisure activities astronauts pursue the space station do during their downtime. In addition to looking down at the Earth, astronauts have relay races, run marathons, throw out the first pitch at Yankees games, and throw boomerangs around. Although small scale, these activities are precursors from future space games.
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