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Astronaut in space helps kick off countdown to Super Bowl LI in Houston

Super Bowl 50 is barely cold, but the NFL began the countdown on Monday toward Super Bowl LI in Houston next year.

They got a little help from space.

"The next best place to space for the next Super Bowl is Houston," said commander Scott Kelly, on video from the International Space Station during a press conference in San Francisco. "... Houston, we have kickoff."

Next year's will be Houston's third Super Bowl and the first since 2004.

"We can't wait," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said at the press conference. "And that's hard for me to say that on Monday morning, to think about the next Super Bowl.