Sunday, April 24, 2016

UK astronaut Tim Peake runs marathon aboard space station

British astronaut Tim Peake in action running the London marathon while strapped to a treadmill to counter the lack of gravity at the International Space Station on Sunday April 24, 2016. While the official 2016 London Marathon was being run in London, Peake ran 26.2 miles on a treadmill in three hours 35 minutes 21 seconds, while aboard the space station in orbit 250km above the Earth.(EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA) via AP) TV OUTLONDON (AP) — British astronaut Tim Peake has completed the London Marathon — from 250 miles (400 kilometers) above the Earth.


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