“Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live tweet from Space! :) More soon, send your ?s”
On Friday, NASA upgraded software on the ISS that allowed astronauts direct personal access to the web. How cool is that? Previously, any tweets had to be emailed down to earth, then posted to twitter by someone on the ground. NASA is calling this the “ultimate wireless connection”.