Astronaut Tweets Stunning Pictures From Space: PHOTOS Of Kilimanjaro, Haiti, And More

Soichi Noguchi, an astronaut on board the International Space Station, has been sending Twitter pictures from space documenting the stunning views he has seen while in orbit.

The active tweeter (@Astro_Soichi) has snapped and sent TwitPics of the full moon, Haiti after the recent earthquake, Rome, Kilimanjaro, and much more.

Check out some of his pictures from space in the slideshow below!

(via io9)

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[rayzrface714]

Farrout! Wanna see some more! Dig that Hi-Tech.Number one fan here waiting for more,moreandmore.Thanks for the Funtime.

[jsarets]

Space Shuttle Endeavor is now on orbit and proceeding with post-insertion checklist. Rendezvous and docking with the ISS will occur on Flight Day 3.

[jsarets]

Live coverage of tonight's launch of Space Shuttle Endeavor has begun on NASA TV:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

Last night's scheduled launch was scrubbed before coming out of the T-9m hold due to a weather violation of the launch commit criteria (cloud deck ceiling rule).

Cryogenic propellant loading of the external tank is now underway at launch complex 39A with the chilldown of the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen transfer lines as well as the main propulsion system on the orbiter. Into liquid hydrogen slow fill.

SRB ignition and liftoff is scheduled for 4:14:08AM EST.

[land2341]

The best thing about these photos is that is reminds me that the planet is quite likely to shrug us off and recover nicely. We are getting close to critical mass......

[longfeltwant]

Yah. Humans will certainly be on earth in a hundred thousand years, but the question is whether there will be a stable prosperous population of them, and how big that population will be; or else maybe a devolved smattering of warring post-apocalyptic outposts.

I'm crossing my fingers for a stable population with enough technology to fling robotic explorers and announcers into the cosmos. Sort of like today, only more stable, and with better robots.

[repubx]

During my lifetime (75 years, and counting) the U.S of A has done only two worthwhile things:

Fighting and winning WW II, and putting a man on the moon.

I was hoping to live long enough to watch us (humans) put someone on Mars, but I've given up on that. Whoever ends up going to Mars, it looks like it wont' be the U.S.

[hypnotoad72]

The Russians were first in space.

I don't see why everything has to be "a race". Especially a "rat race" where the biggest rats tend to win.

[longfeltwant]

I've read and re-read his comment looking for a mention of who got to low-earth orbit first, or mentioning anything about a "race", but I just can't find it. Thus, whether or not you make a good point (which, to be clear, you don't), your reply is a total non-sequitur.

[JGatsby]

What is so important and urgent about landing humans on Mars? I love science and space exploration myself but i think we need to be rational about how we invest research dollars, not do it based on adolescent dreams. The fact is the planet and this country are facing very critical urgent problems in global climate change. In addition to climate change there are many other reasons we need to radically reinvent the kinds and way that we use energy. Oil is a finite resource. Eventually it will run out and long before it does we will reach a point where demand exceeds supply causing massive economic chaos. In addition there are all sorts of other pollutants put into our air and water by oil, coal, and nuclear power. The country that dominates the world in the future will be the one that figures out how to use renewable energy such as solar and wind. That is what we should be focusing our major research dollars on. The problem is that the aerospace industry has incentive to keep banging the Mars drum and the oil industry to keep us on oil as long as possible.

[rf-hawaii]

Imagine ...

http://www.lyrics007.com/John%20Lennon%20Lyrics/Imagine%20Lyrics.html

[michelesda]

Nobody is going to Mars, ever; that was just a Dubbya fantasy. Putting a human being on Mars is neither economically nor technologically realistic.

[DecouplefromWallSt]

complete freaking waste of tax payer dollars

[Keith Ray Norman Jr]

Well it isn't United States tax dollars going into japanese orbit...

[IvyShoots]

I wonder why the picture of Cape Canaveral is just labeled "Florida."

[jozie]

That's what I was thinking. It's a great picture of the space center and the two shuttle launch pads.

[anastomosis]

I say this with all respect due to an astronaut (you won't get me to sit on tons of fuel that someone is going to ignite), please don't do this again.

[rf-hawaii]

You can live life or sit by and watch others live.

[yorkriver1]

Yes, and looks like we're about to sit by and watch the Chinese do the space exploring. They know that there are very good reasons to stake a place on the moon and beyond. Saving instead of spending, maintaining US jobs, keeping a viable space program, protecting the environment, all are long term investments. In our Doritos/mall culture we want everything now and comfy.
We have to re-learn the lessons of the past, apparently.

[goodog]

These are not very clear pictures.

Once again, Tweeter fails to impress.

The Onion put it best with its joke last September about Western civilization hitting rock bottom, saying things cannot possibly get worse.

"Experts predict that the penultimate catastrophe will occur at approximately 7:15 p.m. Thursday night, when the social networking tool Twitter will be used to communicate a series of ideas so banal they will instantaneously negate the three centuries of the Renaissance."

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nadir_of_western_civilization_to

Soooooooooooooooo funny, the Onion... and ironic, too.

I've never seen a tweet about anything important that I didn't already know.

The press should realize that twitter is, at best, better for communicating with each other, not the world. There's just too much cross-talk about what's for dinner or what the kids are screaming about, stuff no one wants to know about... maybe not even the people you're tweeting.

The media REALLY needs to realize that twitter isn't a substitute for a good journalist. It's a source of information, but twitter feeds should be monitored by a person of good judgment and fast reaction to screen out all the superfluous info that dominates EVERY twitter feed I've ever tried to follow for an important event.

ThePuffnstuffPost's recurring headline, "Follow [BLANK] live on Twitter" never ceases to make me role my eyes.

[deepintheheartoftejas]

Yawn, it's just your average space jellyfish.

[DarkStarr]

The collection of pictures together offers a cool reference point to perspective of the space stations orbit. Humbling.

[jsarets]

Live tanking coverage for tonight's launch of Space Shuttle Endeavor on the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station has started on NASA TV:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

The Mission Management Team has given the GO for cryogenic tanking, and the chilldown of the liquid oxygen transfer line is now underway.

[thepoliticalcat]

OMG! Eggs In Space!

[cbates]

Where are the UFO pictues?

[longfeltwant]

The moon is an alien spacecraft! The pic is right there, clear as day!

[CessnaDriver]

Primer for all of you who don't know what the Space Program is all about-

Three Words:

Demilitarization of Space.

Carry on.

[jsarets]

That's certainly part of it. If we start firing missiles at military satellites, the debris fields will deny everybody the reliable use of space for any purpose -- for centuries. So we have an International Space Station manned by representatives of the great military powers of world, whose lives depend on the responsible use of space by all. They live together, they work together, and they serve as a symbol of international cooperation against a backdrop of mutually assured destruction.

The human spaceflight program is the only part of the strategic ABM system that actually works...