Russia's space agency announced in early 2013 that Russian astronauts will take an unusual piece of cargo to the International Space Station later in the year (planned for October). This will be done as part of a longer route involving that item. Some of the astronauts will take that item with them during a special space walk.
The item will return a month later and the rest of the route will resume. What item, and why?
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Russia's Sochi is the host for the 2014 Winter Olympics. The item will be the Olympic torch, and this is part of the traditional torch relay.
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