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While the entire world is watching the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and so are the astronauts. However, not from their screens, but from the International Space Station. The Tokyo Olympics village has been constructed keeping in mind green Olympics, but no one can deny its beautiful structure.

Olympians and world top athletes living together make the Olympic village a stunning place. The village is on the side of a waterfront, giving the athletes a beautiful view. From robots to automated buses, athletes are living in a whole different world.

Glowing picture of Tokyo Olympics 2020 games from space

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NASA shared a stunning image of Olympic games from space on Instagram. While people had been keeping track of the games shared by athletes, NASA’s picture has gone viral on Instagram.

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The image was of Tokyo Olympics lighting up at the night. NASA’s astronaut Shane Kimbrough shared it from the vantage point space station. Shane is the Commander of the NASA SpaceX Crew-2 mission of ISS.

Till now 6 lakh people have liked and the comment section is flooded with people’s reactions. An Instagram user even asked in the comment section ‘what is NASA’s favorite sport?’.

To the user’s surprise, NASA replied saying, “We love a good spacewalk! Astronauts can burn anywhere from 1,500-2500 calories between prep time and a 6.5-hour spacewalk, so they always get a gold medal from US!”

NASA astronauts sent a message in the 2016 Rio Olympics

NASA astronauts are always excited about the Olympic games. During the 2016 Rio Olympics, ISS astronauts had sent out a message for US athletes from space.

NASA shared the video on social media. Astronauts and expedition commander Jeff Williams was seen in the video wishing the US team.

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Japan has been leading the medal tally and following the host nation is team USA and China. The games are not even halfway through and the USA have crossed 30 medals on the tally. While Japan, China, and ROC (Russia) have crossed 20 medals each.

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However, Japan is the leader as it has 13 gold medals, whereas the USA is one gold medal behind. Tokyo Olympics 2020 is a game full of surprises, as small countries like Bermuda, Kosovo, and Tunisia are clinching gold medals.

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