The golf shot was the first of several tasks performed by Expedition 14 commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and flight engineer Mikhail Tyurin.
Tyurin managed to hit the 3 gram golf ball using a gold-plated six-iron golf club. NASA predicts the ball flew approximately 1 million miles before disintegrating into the Earth’s atmosphere. The exercise was part of a publicity stunt for Canadian golf firm, Element 21.
