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Astronaut T.J. Creamer has made history, in a sense, by being the first person to send a Twitter message from space, tweeting "Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station--the 1st live tweet from Space! More soon, send your ?s," from outer space.
Creamer and fellow crew members have been connected to the world-wide web through Crew Support LAN. Along with his crew mates Jeff Williams and Soichi Noguchi, they are using their internet access to post Twitter updates about their space mission.
According to a statement released by NASA:
"During periods when the station is actively communicating with the ground using high-speed Ku-band communications, the crew will have remote access to the Internet via a ground computer. The crew will view the desktop of the ground computer using an onboard laptop and interact remotely with their keyboard touchpad."
postchronicle.com
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