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From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!
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19. May 2009 by admin.
Abbreviated version of the Altantis-Hubble live tweet event told through NASA
The historic first space tweet
From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!The shuttle crew awoke today to “Upside Down” by Jack Johnson at 5:01am ET. The song was played for astronaut Megan McArthur.
The space shuttle Atlantis is slated to grab Hubble today around 12:55 p.m. EDT live on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/ntv
Orbital maneuvering burns get underway shortly to position Atlantis for its rendezvous with Hubble. www.nasa.gov/hubble
Orbital engine burn can be seen now on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/ntv
Atlantis is being placed in a 303 X 298 nautical mile orbit as it chases down the Hubble Space Telescope.
If required, the next orbital adjustment burn comes in about 41 minutes.
Atlantis is about 260,000 feet from Hubble.
@absolutspacegrl Now it’s less than 260k feet and closing in at just over 2 fps. Can’t wait! #NASA
The crew just reports its within eyesight of the Hubble Space Telescope! Follow live on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/ntv
Atlantis is continuing to close in on the telescope. The current rate is about 55 feet/second. Hubble is about 75,000 ft away right now.
Atlantis performed a thruster firing called the Terminal Initiation burn, setting the stage for the rendezvous with Hubble.
Atlantis astronaut Megan McArthur maneuvered the robotic arm to a position poised to grapple a capture fixture on the telescope.
Atlantis is traveling at a rate of about 7 feet per second and is about 8.8 statute miles behind Hubble.
Commander Scott Altman just notified flight controllers in Houston that Hubble is getting brighter as Atlantis approaches.
Shuttle Atlantis performed a small mid-course correction burn during approach to Hubble. Grapple is set to occur at about 12:54pm ET.
Atlantis is now closing in at 1.2 feet/sec and is just under 700 feet from Hubble.
Less than 24 minutes to grapple! Watch with Mission Control as Atlantis lines up w/Hubble: www.nasa.gov/ntv DishNet Ch. 213 DirecTV Ch. 283
The Hubble team at Hubble’s control center is doing commanding sequences to prepare it for Atlantis, which is about 250 ft beneath Hubble.
To watch the shuttle capture Hubble at 12:56pm ET and for the first views of the telescope in 7 years, go to: www.nasa.gov/ntv
There it is! www.nasa.gov/ntv DishNet Ch. 123 DirecTV Ch. 283
Let’s get ready to grapple… T-6 minutes and counting! www.nasa.gov/ntv DishNet Ch. 123 DirecTV Ch. 283
Atlantis now closes the final 100 feet, moving at a speed of only a tenth of a ft/sec. The estimated time of grapple is 1:05pm ET.
Got it! www.nasa.gov/ntv DishNet Ch. 213 DirecTV Ch. 283
The Hubble Space Telescope has been captured by space shuttle Atlantis’ robotic arm. It now will be moved into the shuttle’s cargo bay.
RT @retweetist : @NASA is now #16 on the list. @Astro_Mike is ranked #5. Thanks for sharing our information!
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19. May 2009 by admin.
RT @andersoncooper NASA astronaut first to ‘tweet’ from space http://tinyurl.com/q66otl
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19. May 2009 by admin.
RT @NASA To learn more about the shuttle’s liftoff and mission, watch the 3pm EDT news conference from Kennedy Space Center www.nasa.gov/ntv
The first ‘official’ tweeted event in US History, the Hubble Mission announced through the whitehouse tweet
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19. May 2009 by admin.
#WHtaxreform followup: President’s economic advisor responds to your comments/questions @KyleKunkler @ScottGjerdingen http://ow.ly/5ebw
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19. May 2009 by admin.
Streaming Now: Stakeholder Discussion on Rural Health Care: This morning Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director of the Whit.. http://tinyurl.com/dl33u9
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19. May 2009 by admin.
#followfriday Official info on H1N1: @CDCemergency @CDC_eHealth @whonews @BirdFluGov @dhsjournal @usedgov Thanks for the positive feedback!
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19. May 2009 by admin.
RT @CDC_eHealth Check out CDC’s new webpage highlighting several new social media tools developed for swine flu. http://is.gd/vfHZ
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19. May 2009 by admin.
Welcome to the official Twitter page for the White House!
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19. May 2009 by admin.
The White House just joined Twitter. Follow @whitehouse to get updates on the H1N1 flu and other top issues.
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