ball was covering about 8,800 yards per second <\/p>\n
ABOVE VIDEO: Astronaut Tim Kopra gently tossed a football down the length of the station, the ball was technically covering about 8,800 yards per second (8046 m\/s) as measured by someone standing on Earth. <\/p>\n
(SPACE) Has a NASA astronaut set a new record for the longest football pass in history? A new video shot in orbit aboard the International Space Station captured the incredible feat. <\/p>\n
The space station orbits the Earth at a speed of about 17,500 mph (28,163 km\/h). Therefore, when astronaut Tim Kopra gently tossed a football down the length of the station, the ball was technically covering about 8,800 yards per second (8046 m\/s) as measured by someone standing on Earth. <\/p>\n
In total, the ball traveled 564,664 yards (516,328 meters), according to the video, and NASA posed the question, Is this a new world record? <\/p>\n
Were guessing that Guinness World Records will not grant Kopra the record, considering that he too was traveling at an incredible speed when he threw the ball. <\/p>\n
Kopra returned home from his latest trip to the orbiting laboratory in June 2016, so it seems NASA has been holding on to this potentially record-setting footage for a while, and chose to release it ahead of the 2017 Super Bowl this Sunday. <\/p>\n
NASA made its presence known at this years Super Bowl in Houston, home of the Johnson Space Center. <\/p>\n
Leading up to the big game, visitors to Houston were able to check out a free festival taking place at Discovery Green, located in the citys downtown area. <\/p>\n
The main attraction there was a virtual reality roller coaster, called Future Flight, which simulates a spacecraft landing on Mars. <\/p>\n
The free festival featured displays, booths and activities created by NASA, as well as by private spaceflight companies, including Boeing, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Orbital ATK and Raytheon. <\/p>\n
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