The Importance of Swooping

The welcome that the astronauts received at the International Space Station was incredible. They were out of the world because they are in space. Normally we are not in space when we use this expression, so we use it metaphorically. The headline writer is having a little bit of fun here because it's a story about space and an expression about space. But we can use it in normal situations too. For example, yesterday I had a slice of cake. It was incredible. It was out of this world. Let's look at our next headline. SpaceX tourists swoop into International Space Station.