Olympic Torch Taken Spacewalk

This is the first time the Olympic torch was taken walking in space

Two Two Russian cosmonauts Winter Olympics torch run for the first time in space ahead of the Games in Sochi next year. Winter Olympics torch run for the first time in space ahead of the Games in Sochi next year.

Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazanksy carry the torch that is not lit it through the door of the international space station at about 2134 BST.
The two cosmonauts say the torch will be in space for six hours.
Three astronauts carry the torch with the Russian Soyuz rocket on Thursday (07/11).
Click therocket was launched from Baikonur in Kazahstan with three astronauts, Mikhail Tyurin of Russia, Rick Mastracchio of America and Koichi Wakata of Japan.

'It looks spectacular'

Three astronauts was handed the Olympic symbol to Kotov and Ryazansky, who has been at the space station.
Olympic torch launch program is part of Russia's efforts to portray itself as a strong and modern country.
"Our goal here is to look spectacular," Kotov said this week.
"We want to show our Olympic torch in space ... Millions of people will see through the TV and will see the station as well as how we work," he added.
Two Russian cosmonauts will take photos and videos with each holding a torch before performing maintenance on the station's orbit in space.