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The coolest video you will see today

by Sam Roggeveen - 17 December 2012 1:27PM

Cool space station, charming host. Just over 15 minutes in, Sunita Williams of NASA even fulfills every school-age space nerd's fantasy of flying like Superman.

The day after this was recorded (18 November), Williams and two other International Space Station crew members landed back on earth at the end of their mission.

(H/t Slate.)

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