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Twittering Pictures From Orbit

Updated: 2010-01-30 21:24:57

Home SpaceRef OnOrbit SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology GeneRef Newsletter Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Twittering Pictures From Orbit By Keith Cowing on January 30, 2010 4:24 PM 5 Comments Astro_Soichi is sending back pictures live from ISS via Twitter and : Twitpic Golden Gate Bridge , San Fransisco , CA . Beautiful shadow http : twitpic.com 10iitj Noctilucent clouds . Antarctic . Priceless . http : twitpic.com 10iiti But wait there's more yet to come from orbit : according to JT Creamer : RT Astro_TJ space_pete Yes it's true : our internal cameras wlll stream to the Web beginning Monday Wave when you see us NASA's space tweets are part of a larger conversation Government Computing News the software upgrade that made it possible is pretty impressive . The system , which NASA calls the Crew Support LAN , taps into existing communications links a Ku satellite band with 3 megabits sec upstream and 10 megabits sec downstream to give astronauts Web access , along with

NASA Images iPhone App

Updated: 2010-01-30 19:10:10

"Check out the free NASA Images iPhone App, a window to the content available on nasaimages.org. With the app you can access the entire NASA Images library from your iPhone along with the metadata for each image, video, and animation." Get the App

NASA FY2010 Budget Press Conference

Updated: 2010-01-29 20:38:33

NASA Announces Innovation Initiatives With Fiscal Year 2010 Budget "NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2011 budget at 3 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 1. The news conference will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, located at 300 E St. S.W., in Washington. NASA Chief Financial Officer Beth Robinson will join Bolden. The news conference will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's Web site. Questions will be taken from media representatives at headquarters and participating field centers."

Animal Rights Street Theater Today at ARC

Updated: 2010-01-29 15:02:46

PETA to hold protest at NASA Ames against monkey experiment, SJ Mercury News "Six demonstrators plan to be in front of NASA Ames' main gates at noon today, carrying signs that read "No Tax $ for Animal Abuse" and "Stop Radiation Tests on Monkeys," according to a PETA statement."

Remembering Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia

Updated: 2010-01-29 05:00:01

NASA Day of Remembrance at Kennedy Space Center Jan. 29, NASA "NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will pay tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency's Day of Remembrance observance on Friday, Jan. 29."