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Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg

Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg - Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is an associate editor at The Atlantic. She curates the Video channel. More

Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg's work in media spans documentary television, advertising, and print. As a producer in the Viewer Created Content division of Al Gore's Current TV, she acquired and produced short documentaries by independent filmmakers around the world. Post-Current, she worked as a producer and strategist at Urgent Content, developing consumer-created and branded nonfiction campaigns for clients including Cisco, Ford, and GOOD Magazine. She studied filmmaking and digital media at Harvard University, where she was co-creator and editor in chief of H BOMB Magazine.
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Astronaut Plays Solo Game of Zero Gravity Baseball in Space

By Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg

Dec 1 2011, 4:53 PM ET Comment

Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa decided to kill some time while stuck on board the International Space Station alone -- by playing a little baseball. It's amazing; he throws the ball and zips over to the other side of the spacecraft just in time to swing.



You know what else is hilarious in zero gravity? Cats!

Via The Week. 

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