American astronaut Timothy “TJ” Creamer sends the first live tweet from the outer space on Friday, January 22, 2010. TJ Creamer, a NASA flight engineer, sent the Twitter message from his @Astro_TJ account after getting a personal Web connection on the International Space Station.



On his first live Tweet from space TJ Creamer wrote, “Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live tweet from Space! More soon, send your ?s,”



The previous “tweets” from space were actually sent by astronauts by email to the ground and support personnel posted them to their Twitter account. The ‚Äútweet‚Äù sent by Creamer last Friday was actually the first ‚Äúunassisted‚Äù Twitter message from space.



According to the US space agency, TJ Creamer was able to use Tweet directly because a software upgrade this week gave astronauts aboard the space station personal access to the Internet using what NASA called the “ultimate wireless connection.”



This upgraded communications system gives astronauts‚Äô access to the Web and will provide them with “direct private communications to enhance their quality of life during long-duration missions,” NASA said.



Two other astronauts aboard the space station, commander Jeff Williams and Soichi Noguchi of Japan, also have a Twitter account at @NASA_Astronauts.

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