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Discovery Astronauts Bottling Outer Space

Bottle will remain sealed, hit museums

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 28, 2011 12:58 PM CST

(Newser) – The Discovery crew will leave the International Space Station today for the first of two spacewalks—and one of their missions is to capture a sample of space in a metal bottle. The bottle will be given to Japan's space agency, which says it will remain sealed and make the museum rounds to provide "a conduit between humans and space." The astronauts will also put some finishing touches on the space station, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

A cloud-covered part of Earth is seen as space shuttle Discovery approaches the International Space Station during STS-133 rendezvous and docking operations Saturday Feb. 26, 2011.
A cloud-covered part of Earth is seen as space shuttle Discovery approaches the International Space Station during STS-133 rendezvous and docking operations Saturday Feb. 26, 2011.   (AP Photo/NASA)
In this frame grab from video taken from NASA television, space shuttle Discovery performs a maneuver as it zooms toward an afternoon check-in at the International Space Station, Feb. 26, 2011.
In this frame grab from video taken from NASA television, space shuttle Discovery performs a maneuver as it zooms toward an afternoon check-in at the International Space Station, Feb. 26, 2011.   (AP Photo/NASA)
In this frame grab from video taken from NASA television, space shuttle Discovery zooms toward an afternoon check-in at the International Space Station, Feb. 26, 2011.
In this frame grab from video taken from NASA television, space shuttle Discovery zooms toward an afternoon check-in at the International Space Station, Feb. 26, 2011.   (AP Photo/NASA)
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COMMENTS
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Rational.-Anarchist
Mar 3, 2011 5:40 AM CST
Could I interest you In some oceanfront property I have on Mars?
Rational.-Anarchist
Mar 3, 2011 5:38 AM CST
What a scientific breakthrough! Bottled nothing! Market it and make a fortune!
SPHeroid
Feb 28, 2011 7:05 PM CST
They should've put it in a glass bottle so we can see it....

 
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