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Astronauts Finally Get Internet Access In Spaaaaaaaaaaace

By on January 23, 2010 in Ideas

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, reports Reuters.

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.

“Long-duration astronauts, they commit to spending months away from family and friends. It’s a pretty unique state of isolation,” said NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries. “We expect this to enhance morale and productivity.”

Photo by NASA.

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  • http://www.thegoldandoilguy.com/ Christina

    This is really cool…I wonder how fast could the speed be…

  • http://redhotfranchises.com RedHotFranchises

    It’s funny I was dreaming about this just the night before this news came out.
    It was certaintly about time The International Space Station had internet access, it would also be nice if they came out with a live video stream from the space station, wow now that would surely attract worldwide attention on the cyberverse.

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