Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Americans Defeat Russians in First Space Quidditch Match
Explanation:
A historic first Space Quidditch [ http://library.thin…] match came to a spectacular conclusion last night as astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria caught the Golden Snitch [ http://en.wikipedia…] to give the Americans a hard fought victory over the Russians. "The Russians used brilliant strategy, but only NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] had the T2KQMU (Thunderbolt 2000 Quidditch Maneuvering Unit),"http://antwrp .gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ ap070401.html commented Lopez-Alegria [ http://www.jsc.nasa…], pictured above squeezing the elusive Golden Snitch [ http://www.scholast…] in his left hand. Happy April Fools Day [ http://en.wikipedia…] from the folks at APOD [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. In reality, Astronauts Jeff Wisoff [ http://www.jsc.nasa…] and Lopez-Alegria are shown [ http://spaceflight.…] space-walking in 2001 October during a space shuttle mission [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…http://spaceflight.…] to help build the International Space Station [ http://www.shuttlep…].
Credit and Copyright:
STS-92 Crew [ http://science.ksc.…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
facet_who:
Michael Lopez-Alegria
facet_when:
2001
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_when_year:
2001
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap070401

Americans Defeat Russians in First Space Quidditch Match
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