Finally astronauts in space have access to internet now. Timothy Creamer, the space station resident had been working to establish internet access from orbital post ever since he moved in the last month.

On Friday, he got success and tweeted truly from space “

Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live tweet from Space! More soon, send your ?s . 10:13 PM Jan 21st from web

Before, the orbiting astronauts had to send such Twitter updates by email to Mission Control in Houston. Then controllers posted the tweets. But now they can have access to internet right on their laptop by connecting it through remote access to a desktop ay Mission Control.

The astronauts will be subject to the same Internet access guidelines as other on-the-job government employees, namely no interfering with work. Though the same regulations will be applied to astronauts for accessing internet during work as that of any other Govt. employee sitting in office- no interfering with work.