Astronaut to Start Marathon on Time
April 14, 2007
This photo provided by NASA shows astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer from Needham, Mass., tethered as she runs on a treadmill system in the Zvezda Service Module aboard the International Space Station in this file photo from Dec. 28, 2006. Williams, who qualified for the Boston Marathon before learning she would be stuck at the international space station on race day, was cleared for a 26.2-mile simulated run at 10 a.m. EDT on Monday, just when the real event will be leaving Hopkinton down on Earth. (AP Photo/NASA)
(AP) -- All systems are go for astronaut marathoner Suni Williams. Williams, who qualified for the Boston Marathon before learning she would be at the international space station on race day, was cleared for a 26.2-mile simulated run at 10 a.m. EDT on Monday - just when the real event will be leaving Hopkinton down on Earth.
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