Tag: Sports
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17776: A hilarious glimpse at the future of football, as seen from space
SB Nation gives a science-fiction glimpse into the future of football. (SB Nation Illustration / Jon Bois) Spoiler alert: This report doesn’t give away any major plot twists in “17776,” SB Nation’s online presentation, but if you want to stay totally in the dark, wait to read this item until after you’ve checked it out.…
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British astronaut Tim Peake breaks the world record for marathon in space
British astronaut Tim Peake runs a marathon on the International Space Station’s COLBERT treadmill, with NASA astronaut Jeff Williams keeping watch. (Credit: ESA) It’s amazing that British astronaut Tim Peake just broke the record for a space marathon, but it’s almost as amazing that there was a record to break. “The run went better than…
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Space race! British astronaut Tim Peake gets set to run marathon on space station
British astronaut Tim Peake, shown here at the European Astronaut Center in Cologne, Germany, says he’ll run a marathon distance on the International Space Station’s T2 treadmill while thousands of others run the London Marathon on April 24. (Credit: ESA) British astronaut Tim Peake says he’ll follow in the footsteps of NASA’s Sunita Williams by…