September 26, 2013 1:34 PM

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Olympic torch to be carried on spacewalk by Soyuz cosmonauts

A Russian Soyuz rocket with two Russians and an American on board has docked at the International Space Station after blasting off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhastan. During one of the space walks, the two Russians will take the Olympic torch into open space as part of torch's relay, ahead of the winter games in Sochi in February. But, for safety concerns, the torch would not be lit.

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