World Wide Web now in Space?
It’s official, the world wide web is now in outer space! … well Earth orbit. The Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) now have an internet connection and the first thing they did … tweet of course.
Flight Engineer TJ Creamer was the first to make use of the internet conncetion which now enables him to update his Twitter account @Astro_TJ whilst aboard the space station. Previously tweets had to be emailed and support staff posted them to the astronauts account.
“Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live tweet from Space! 
More soon, send your ?s” was the first tweet from space.
The web access takes advantage of existing communication links to and from the station and allows the astronauts to browse and use the web. This will provide astronauts with direct private communications which will enhance their quality of life and help ease the isolation of the long duration missions.
The astronauts will of course be subject to the same computer use guidelines as other government employees on Earth. In addition to the web access the crew will continue to have official email, Internet Protocol telephone and limited video-conferencing facilities.
To follow Twitter updates from Creamer and two of his crewmates, ISS Commander Jeff Williams and Soichi Noguchi, visit:
http://twitter.com/NASA_Astronauts
Tags: International Space Station, ISS, Tweeting from space, Twitter