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Space Shuttle Lifts Off Amid Twitter Frenzy

Space Shuttle Atlantis sailed smoothly into orbit today with six astronauts and a full load of spare parts for the International Space Station (ISS). Watching from front-row seats were 100 Internet-savvy NASA fans cheering on the shuttle and churning out constant Twitter updates.

The tweeps, as they are called, represent 21 states plus [...]

November 16th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: News, Science, Social Networking, Space | Comments are closed

Join the Perseids tweetup on Twitter

Continuing our current series of posts on Twitter, Newbury Astronomical Society is organising a Perseids tweetup to mark the annual meteor display as the Earth passes through debris from the Swift-Tuttle comet. The visual display occurs every August, as the Earth passes through debris from the Swift-Tuttle comet, creating a spectacular meteor shower known [...]

August 10th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Social Networking, Space | Comments are closed

Endeavour shuttle on standby as rescue ship

Space shuttle Endeavour was moved to the launch pad Friday for a trip NASA hopes it will never make — a rescue mission. The shuttle is on standby in case the seven astronauts who go up on Atlantis next month need a safer ride home.

Associated Press: Space shuttle moved to launch pad as rescue ship.

September 22nd, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: General, Science, Space | Leave a comment