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Published: Monday, 23 September 2024 at 09:53 AM<\/p>

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Throughout the history of crewed spacceflight, many astronauts have taken to playing sports like golf and football in space or on the Moon.<\/p>

From the International Space Station, the wonderous sight of Earth\u2019s land masses and seas passing below would surely never become tiresome.<\/p>

But it seems that astronauts on prolonged tours of duty in space have found other activities to be a necessary stimulus, and they\u2019ve tried all manner of leisure pursuits beyond simply watching the world go by.\u00a0<\/p>

In a sporting context, golf features high up on the activity list of astronauts in space.<\/p>

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