Buzzzzzzzz.......................... Headline Animator

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Twitter from space


Mission specialist Mike Massimino Twittered this yesterday before Hubble mission liftoff that his next Tweet will be from space.

"I'm going to put my spacesuit on, next stop: Earth Orbit!!" wrote Massimino, who has been Twittering about his mission training for the past month. A few weeks ago, he announced at a press conference that he plans to keep his more than 226,000 Twitter followers updated from space.

Massimino, who is a mission specialist on this shuttle flight, has said he will Twitter from orbit when it doesn't interfere with the astronauts' busy schedule. He will be one of the four astronauts making a total of five spacewalks on this mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.

No comments: