Astronauts check how far they can throw a football

Leo Timm
By Leo Timm
February 4, 2017News
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NASA has released video from the International Space Station (ISS) showing an astronaut throwing a football to mark Sunday’s Super Bowl, the final game in the United States’ National Football League season.

The ball travelled 516,328 meters (564,664 yards) in zero gravity, according to NASA, who called it the “Longest Hail Mary Pass Ever”.

The ISS orbits Earth at 17,500 miles (189,000 kilometres) per hour, which means the ball travelled at 8,046 metres (8,800 yards) per second, NASA said.

(AP)

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