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Astronauts Finally Get Internet Access in Space

Posted by Raymond on January 23, 2010

From The Miami Herald:

In a high tech first — really, really high — astronauts in space finally have Internet access.Space station resident Timothy (TJ) Creamer had been working with flight controllers to establish Internet access from his orbital post ever since he moved in last month. On Friday, his effort paid off. He posted the first live Twitter post truly from space.

“Hello Twitterverse!” he wrote. “We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station – the 1st live tweet from Space! : ) More soon, send your ?s”

Before, orbiting astronauts had to send such Twitter updates by e-mail to Mission Control in Houston. Then controllers posted the tweets.

The International Space Station crew can now use an on-board laptop to reach a desktop computer at Mission Control, and thereby browse the Web. This remote Internet access is possible whenever there is a solid high-speed communication link.

It’s expected to provide a big morale boost.

[Read more at The Miami Herald]

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  • Reuben

    “we r now live”? “send your ?s”?!

    UG.

    Immediately after this “tweet” they got straight to getting at the pron, no doubt.

    This does not bode well for crew cohesiveness up there.

  • Jeff

    “It’s expected to provide a big morale boost.”

    Morale's not the only thing that'll be getting a boost (wink, wink)

  • http://www.greatwhiteark.com/ Tim

    More amazing is that they managed to send e-mail without internet access.

  • http://www.greatwhiteark.com/ Tim

    More amazing is that they managed to send e-mail without internet access.