Yes, but can your soccer ball do this? The ball near the middle of the above photograph [ http://shuttle.nasa…] is actually a robotic camera designed to float about a Space Shuttle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and the International Space Station [ http://station.nasa…] and take pictures. Named "Sprint", it is NASA's first Autonomous Extravehicular Activity Robotic Camera (AERCam) [ http://tommy.jsc.na…] and was tested earlier this month by the crew [ http://shuttle.nasa…] of Space Shuttle Columbia. Sprint's diameter is actually about 50 percent larger than a soccer ball, and astronauts [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…http://www.jsc.nasa…] make a goal of "not" kicking it.
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Yes, but can your soccer ball do this? The ball near the middle of the above photograph [ http://shuttle.nasa…] is actually a robotic camera designed to float about a Space Shuttle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and the International Space Station [ http://station.nasa…] and take pictures. Named "Sprint", it is NASA's first Autonomous Extravehicular Activity Robotic Camera (AERCam) [ http://tommy.jsc.na…] and was tested earlier this month by the crew [ http://shuttle.nasa…] of Space Shuttle Columbia. Sprint's diameter is actually about 50 percent larger than a soccer ball, and astronauts [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…http://www.jsc.nasa…] make a goal of "not" kicking it.
