Astronaut Mike Massimino sends first Twitter update from space

May 13 2009 Published by Joey Alarilla under Science

Check out my latest CNET Asia blog post.

Here’s an excerpt:

NASA astronaut Mike Massimino has made history as the first person to tweet from space while in orbit on board the space shuttle Atlantis for the STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Massimino, who opened a Twitter account on April 4 to start tweeting updates on the preparations for the launch, has 234,075 followers as of this writing.

Congratulations Mike and all the best to you and your crew!

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Watch Space Shuttle Atlantis launch via live video streaming

May 11 2009 Published by Joey Alarilla under Uncategorized

We’re now just a few hours away from the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, which is bringing the STS-125 crew that will service NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.

Here’s the Spacevidcast.com live stream.

And here’s the CBS News live stream.

I’ve also been following astronaut Mike Massimino on Twitter. You may also check out the NASA Twitter account and launch blog.

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