[TFDA] New Frisbee Record
Bradley Newsom
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Wed Dec 20 09:47:47 EST 2006
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>From the web site: Space.Com
ESA PAO Event
Fuglesang
<http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061215_sts116_exp14_crew.html> Sets
New Frisbee World Record
2:07 p.m. EST
Shuttle Flight 'Fantastic,' Astronauts Say
By Tariq Malik <http://www.space.com/php/contactus/feedback.php?r=tm>
Staff Writer
posted: 15 December 2006
6:37 p.m. ET
. Earlier today, Reiter aided his fellow ESA astronaut Christer
<http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061206_sts116_spacewalkers.html>
Fuglesang, Sweden's first spaceflyer, set a new Frisbee toss world record
[image
<http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=061215
_sts116_frisbee_02.jpg&cap=ESA+astronaut+Christer+Fuglesang%2C+of+Sweden%2C+
sets+a+new+Frisbee+world+record+aboard+the+ISS+while+fellow+ESA+astronaut+Th
omas+Reiter+times+him+on+Dec.> ].
Fuglesang, a former Swedish national Frisbee champion, kept his Frisbee
aloft for 20 seconds while Reiter timed him. The feat was part of a
discussion with Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, politicians and
schoolchildren.
The previous record, 16.72 seconds, was set by Don Cain of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, according to the World Flying Disc Federation.
"We were actually throwing it around in the tunnel between the shuttle and
the space station, and I needed the practice," said Fuglesang, who like many
of his STS-116 crewmates is making his first spaceflight. He reported some
nausea, back pain and other ailments in the first few days, but they
ultimately subsided.
Fuglesang has made his first two spacewalks during Discovery's STS-116
mission alongside Curbeam. Their latest excursion, a five-hour outing to
rewire the space station from a temporary electrical set up to a permanent
power grid.
Fuglesang said he and his Discovery crewmates are enjoying their
spaceflight, but look forward to returning to Earth. Their shuttle, he
added, is in fine shape.
"It's going to be very fun coming back," said Fuglesang, who spent 14 years
as an ESA astronaut before launch on his first flight. "Not that I'm in a
hurry to come back, but it's going to be fun."
<http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=FD06_STS116> STS
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ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang, of Sweden, sets a new Frisbee world record
aboard the ISS while fellow ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter times him on Dec.
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