Olympic flame blasts off
Moscow – A rocket carrying the Olympic flame was launched into the sky. It successfully blasted off from Earth ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Game.
The official event was captured by NASA Live TV, which showed the rocket’s successful launch from the Russian-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The launch was broadcast on November 7. The torch will make its way to the international Space Station before being taken into space itself, making it the Olympic flame’s first spacewalk.