Kaizen Media Blog » nasa http://kaizenmedia.ca/blog Innovation through creativity and passion Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:18:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 NASA astronaut tweets from orbit http://kaizenmedia.ca/blog/2009/05/28/nasa-astronaut-tweets-from-orbit/ http://kaizenmedia.ca/blog/2009/05/28/nasa-astronaut-tweets-from-orbit/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 22:07:24 +0000 webmaster http://kaizenmedia.ca/blog/?p=972 NASA astronaut Mike Massimino
NASA astronaut Mike Massimino Ph.D., recently went into Earth’s orbit on the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope and sent tweets to his Twitter followers from space whilst orbiting our favorite planet via NASA ground control during Atlantis mission STS-125.
Space Shuttle Atlantis Liftoff 2009-05-11
Here’s a selection of some of Mike’s tweets from orbit and some pictures of the mission.
5:48 PM May 16th From orbit: This is an awesome experience, the privilege to fly in space and work on the Hubble is beyond my dreams.

8:43 AM May 18th From orbit: At the end of my spacewalk, I had time to just look at the Earth, the most awesome sight my eyes have seen, undescribable.
Hubble Space Telescope grabbed by CanadaArm orbiting Earth
11:36 AM May 18th From orbit: Hard to sleep last night after my spacewalk, images of the work and the views still vivid in my mind.

4:26 AM May 19th From orbit: Eating chocolates in space, floating then in front of me then floating and eating them like I am a fish.

4:27 AM May 19th From orbit: Getting ready for bed, sleeping in space is cool, tie down your sleeping bag and float inside of it, very relaxing.

6:06 PM May 19th From orbit: We see 16 sunrises and sunsets in 24 hrs, each one spectacular as the sun lights up the atmosphere in a spectrum of colors.

5:35 PM May 20th From orbit: Just saw Orion’s nebula in the night sky – the sights make all the hard work and risk worthwhile for me.

9:49 AM May 21st From orbit: got a call from President Obama, it was a great event for our crew and very thoughtful of the President.
Atlantis crew land safely STS-125

And just for fun, I found this movie-style poster featuring the crew from the STS-125 mission on the Atlantis. The last people that will ever service the Hubble Space Telescope.

STS-125 Atlantis movie style poster

And of course you can get our updates fresh off the presses by following @kaizengroup on twitter.

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Space shuttle Discovery
(RED HUBER, ORLANDO SENTINEL / March 15, 2009)
Space shuttle Discovery,STS-119 blasts off at the Kennedy Space Center on a mission to the International Space Station.

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