CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In space, nobody can hear you scream “Fore!” Then again, “fore” isn’t something Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin is likely to shout out Wednesday when he strikes a lightweight golf ball with a special 6-iron from outside the international space station in a promotional stunt for a Canadian golf club manufacturer.
Tyurin will be too busy trying to keep his balance during the one-handed swing in his bulky spacesuit. He’ll have one foot wedged in between the hand rails of a ladder on the outside of the space lab. Fortunately, he’ll be tethered, as astronauts are for all spacewalks.