Blue Bird Goes Galactic! Astronaut Sends First Tweet From Space
We know that we’ve said this before, but we officially have our first Tweet from space! The message sent by astronaut Mike Massimino back in May ? That doesn’t count anymore. Massimino’s quip from orbit was not sent “live,” but was actually posted by ground control, to whom he’d e-mailed his missive. Now, Timothy Creamer has bumped Massimino out of the Twitter history books by updating his status live from orbit. In the wee hours of Friday morning (EST), Creamer posted the message, “Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station…

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