It’s official, the Internet now extends beyond puny planet Earth! For the past month, Astronaut TJ Creamer has been working with NASA flight control to get Internet access in the International Space Station. NASA’s IT wizards were finally able to connect the space station to the Internet by giving a laptop in orbit remote access to a desktop computer in Mission Control. It isn’t fast, but at least now Astronauts can get occasional access to the Internet… including email and Twitter.
The First Tweet From Space
TJ took advantage of his Internet connection to send the first ever tweet from space. Here’s what he wrote:
Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live tweet from Space! 🙂 More soon, send your ?s
Here’s a screenshot of his intergalactic tweet:
What’s Next For TJ Creamer?
What’s next? Maybe @Astro_TJ will check-in on FourSquare from The International Space Station. We wonder if there’s a badge for that yet? 🙂
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