First “tweet” from space
This is not a new story but ANY firsts are durable stories. I appreciate space firsts.
John Grunsfeld, Drew Good, Mike Massimino, Andrew Feustel...STS-125 Mission Specialists, from left, Mike Massimino, Drew Good, Andrew Feustel, and Jon Grunsfeld pose for a photo after leaving the operations and checkout building Monday May 11, 2009 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The four will handle all the space walks during the mission. Seven astronauts are scheduled to liftoff on a 12-day mission that includes the fifth and final servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
First Tweet From Space by @Astro_Mike
www.digitaljournal.com | May 12, 2009
Today, NASA astronaut Mike Massimino, who is hurtling around the Earth at a top speed of around 8,000 meters per second, sent the first ever “tweet” from space.
On Tuesday, Twitter got even more publicity and achieved another first –the first tweet from space.
NASA Astronaut, Michael J. Massimino has over 235,000 followers on his Twitter account and he is quite possibly the best publicity that NASA has had in a long, long time.
@Astro_Mike’s been twittering since early April and in the lead up to the launch, many wondered if he would have time to tweet once the mission began. Each astronaut has a full day’s tasks scheduled so as not to waste any of the precious minutes available to them while in flight.
The answer came about 24 hours into the flight, when @Astro_Mike issued the following tweet:
From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!
and “Space, the final frontier” for social networking was realized.
NASA itself has its own Twitter account and regularly updates followers about what is happening on the flight as well as other operational happenings.