(EMAILWIRE.COM, October 19, 2002 ) As the Anaheim Angels and the San Francisco Giants prepare to battle it out in game one of the 2002 MLB World Series tonight, one thing is for sure - the first pitch is out of this world! The first pitch has already orbited 17,500 miles an hour, some 240 miles above the Earth! The first pitch is taking place inside the US Destiny laboratory module International Space Station (ISS).

The ball, signed by members of the 2002 All-Star Team, was delivered to the space station on Sept. 29 where the crew filmed the first pitch on Oct. 7. Dr. Peggy Whitson of NASA tossed the first pitch to ISS Commander Valery Korzun of Russia's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center while Sergei Treschev of Russia's RSC Energia filmed the event.

The event is a cooperative effort among NASA, Major League Baseball, Fox Sports and RadioShack Corp. These entities began working together in July, when astronauts James Voss and Robert Cabana threw out simultaneous First Pitches for the All-Star Futures Game in Milwaukee. When the balls are returned to Earth on a future Space Shuttle flight, one will be presented to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY, and one will be put on display at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Still photo excerpts from the first pitch are available for the news media at www.wirepix.com

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