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 BOSTON (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.
That would allow the U.S. Navy Commander to run at the same time as her sister, Dina Pandya, fellow astronaut Karen Nyberg and about 24,000 others who are expected to face heavy rain and head winds on their way to Boston's Back Bay.
Williams will run the equivalent distance at the space station, in low orbit about 210 miles above Earth, while tethered to a treadmill by bungee cords so she doesn't float away.
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