Last year, I wrote a post about most epic tweets ever and my favorite one was the first Tweet sent from the space by astronaut TJ Creamer.
Today, I am going to share something related to that only but much more exciting. Some best pictures and videos which you would never be able to see, If social media sites like Twitter or Facebook haven’t existed.
Here’s the story, Chris Hadfield, first Canadian astronaut to walk in space almost a decade ago. He is once again out of this planet working on the International space station, experimenting with some new technologies and what not. He left planet Earth on December 20, 2012 but he is still connected to all of us via social media. Here’s how,
He has been tweeting from there, since last one month because he don’t want to keep this amazing experience to himself only. His Tweets contains, amazing pictures of our very own earth from the space and some awesome videos too.
I am sharing his best tweets here, in the chronological order,
One last kiss before I go – love under glass with my wife. It’s launch morning, I slept well, feel great. 10 hrs until! twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 19, 2012
Just took my last hot shower for 5 months. I lingered …
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 19, 2012
A Little Launch Music – same as 11 years ago, I played just before heading to space. Day to Day, by Stan Rogers. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 19, 2012
We have liftoff! twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 20, 2012
Space Station! Floating free, buoyed up even more by my smile 🙂 twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 22, 2012
Soyuz Food – simple dried and canned food, came in a very cute bag. I like the little rocketship. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 22, 2012
Space Station Bedroom – sleeping bag on right, laptop on left, moving my luggage in. A very small dorm room. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 22, 2012
This brave little ship carried us from Earth to orbit, now safely nestled into Station. Ready when we need her to fly. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 23, 2012
Mission Patches – a wall of history in the Space Station Node 1, including my last time here, 11 years ago. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 23, 2012
Having a closet with no gravity is a challenge – hard to keep track of where everything is! twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 23, 2012
Our tree is up – on the ceiling! The beauty of a weightless Christmas. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 24, 2012
Sampling history: Here’s some of the first original music written for and performed on the international space station:youtube.com/watch?v=YufsbE…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 24, 2012
Our stockings are hung by the Node 3 hatch with care, in hope that St Nicklaus has a big red spacesuit. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 25, 2012
Music on High – playing Christmas carols while floating over the eastern Mediterranean. Miraculous. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 25, 2012
Running Weightless – my first-ever session on the T2 treadmill. I felt like a newborn calf, clumsy and awkward. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 25, 2012
I was asked by many to record the ambient noise of the space station. Here is what the US lab of the ISS sounds like: soundcloud.com/colchrishadfie…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 26, 2012
It is a rare day when you get to see people play a game of Scrabble on the ceiling. Easy to lose the little pieces! twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 27, 2012
Without gravity, you can store things everywhere. We keep our gym gear tucked up into the ceiling. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 27, 2012
Space Shampoo – very cool what bubbles do here. Imagine the problems this causes for fuel tanks and pumps. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 27, 2012
Brain Waves – today’s science experiment looked at neurovestibular changes without gravity. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 29, 2012
It strikes me as funny when I log-in to record my exercise on the treadmill. Guest? twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 29, 2012
Docked to the mother ship – our Soyuz and an unmanned Progress resupply ship. Great view from the Cupola windows twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 29, 2012
Quick Getaway – these locking clamps help hold our Soyuz to ISS, but can be swiftly released for rapid evacuation. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 29, 2012
Space Laboratory – looking down the length of the Japanese Lab, called ‘Kibo’ (meaning ‘hope’). twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 30, 2012
Kingston, ON in snow – how it looked from ISS today, 30 Dec at 12:40. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 30, 2012
Earth, Moon and Soyuz: Kevin Ford took this picture as we approached Station last week. Science fiction into fact. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 31, 2012
PEI on the last day of 2012, as seen from a window of the Space Station. (11:00 AM, 31 Dec) twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 31, 2012
Happy 2013 from orbit! Let’s use Twitter to communicate like never before, see the year and the world through each others’ eyes.
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 1, 2013
Mt. Vesuvius, Italy, on New Year’s Day, 2013. Looks a little like a remainder from earth’s difficult puberty years. 🙂 twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 1, 2013
The beauty of the Bahamas is surreal; every blue that exists. Taken on New Year’s Day, 2013 from the Space Station. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 2, 2013
Robonaut – testing human-machine combined capability. Today we brought it to life on Space Station. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 2, 2013
Poti on the Black sea – you can clearly see the fishing boats and the loads of silt washing out to sea. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 2, 2013
Polka-Dot Desert – centre-point irrigation farms in Egypt. A life necessity viewed from a stellar vantage point. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 2, 2013
Space Horizon – from a Pacific thunderstorm to infinity. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 3, 2013
So much of the World’s beauty is simply art itself. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 4, 2013
We live on a solar-powered spaceship, renewable energy means less fuel needs. Side benefit is the beauty of the arrays. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 5, 2013
El Ejido, Spain – you can easily tell where the people live, even from orbit. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 5, 2013
Ibiza, Spain – lovely in the Mediterranean Sea. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 5, 2013
Key Largo, FL – home of the Aquarius underwater habitat; I commanded a crew of 6 for 2 weeks on the ocean floor here. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 5, 2013
Space Furnace – for use in our materials science experiment racks for high temperature research. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 6, 2013
India, through a hole in the clouds. I’m not sure where – does anyone recognize the exact location? twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 6, 2013
Ham Radio – talking with students at CP Allen High in Bedford NS. Fun to hear the voices and questions! twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 6, 2013
Space dust – dirt doesn’t fall to the floor here, it gets pulled into the filters. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 7, 2013
Here’s a #spacefolk tune my brother Dave wrote that he and I recorded in quarantine two days before my Soyuz launch: soundcloud.com/colchrishadfie…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 7, 2013
A crazed stained glass mosaic – the winter black and white of farms in central Asia. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 8, 2013
Taking pictures of our planet from the cupola, a favourite pastime of astronauts aboard the ISS. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 8, 2013
Photographing Earth – in the Cupola with the big lens. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 8, 2013
Australia – the dryness creates colours and textures that make the Outback immediately recognizable from space. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 8, 2013
Glacier tongues in the Himalayas. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 8, 2013
Humans need straight lines, nature doesn’t. Indecisive river and orderly farmers, central Asia. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 8, 2013
Astronaut’s Breakfast – corn flakes, juice and coffee. Flakes in a bag with powdered milk, coffee through a straw. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 9, 2013
An island made for running laps. Off the coast of Indonesia. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 9, 2013
Tonight’s finale, the Moon at sunrise, with ethereal blue noctilucent clouds and a solar array glowing gold. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 9, 2013
Earth above, space below, in the Cupola – the displays we use for operating the Canadarm2 robot. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 11, 2013
Space Deadlift – using our resistive exercise machine to keep bones dense and muscles strong while weightless. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 11, 2013
Getting weighed in weightlessness – the device uses acceleration to calculate my mass. I lost a kilo 🙂 twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 11, 2013
Space Magnet – used to move colloid particles in a fluid. Any ideas for a weightless experiment with it? twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 11, 2013
Variety is the Spice – corn chip, salsa, mushroom pate and jalapeno, floating weightless. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 11, 2013
Space Tweet Central – inside my sleeping pod (see my bed?), with the laptop on Twitter. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 11, 2013
Tonight’s finale: Space-age laser weapons! Okay… they’re actually just pressure sensors for the toilet. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 11, 2013
Road, River, Rock and Red Sand create a strange stick figure in Africa. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 12, 2013
I love it when islands are shaped like fish. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 12, 2013
A lonely road to drive; don’t run out of gas. Saudi Arabia. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 12, 2013
A long pier and a full beach on the Yucatan, Mexico. The coastal city of Progreso just north of Merida. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 12, 2013
Frozen crests of sand break over the arid rock, Namibian coast, Africa. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 13, 2013
The wind has blown away the sand and left bare stone, truly bone dry. Likely Namibia in Southwestern Africa. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 13, 2013
The first shot of Vancouver, BC, where the Fraser flows into the sea. A beautiful city. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 13, 2013
Russian Space Food – stew in a can. We heat the whole thing, open, and eat. Delicious! twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 14, 2013
Tiny, perfect, weightless loaf of Russian black bread. Shelf life measured in years, good for spaceflight. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 14, 2013
Tonight’s finale: A pre-launch photo of the crew. Morale is important – laughing together is essential to real success. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 14, 2013
I’m sure this river takes itself seriously, but it makes me laugh. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 15, 2013
Wildlife sanctuary on the Bay of Bengal, Kakinada, India. River silt makes a rich delta. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 15, 2013
Tonight’s finale: The Earth’s horizon, just before sunrise. Beautiful lines of colour, a rainbow halo for the planet. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 15, 2013
New Space Station telescope, floating, ready for installation. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 16, 2013
African inland delta – surreal natural Medusan art. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 16, 2013
Tonight’s finale: Undoubtedly one of the coolest space sights on Earth, the Richat Structure of Mauritania. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 16, 2013
Spoke with 800 students in hometown Milton ON today. Great questions, thanks @astro_jeremy and @csa_asc for hosting! youtube.com/watch?v=F_G7Ky…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 17, 2013
Tonight’s Finale: Buenos Aires, Argentina – the Rio de La Plata visibly filled with silt from upstream. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 17, 2013
Huge swirls in the sea off of Mumbai, India twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 18, 2013
Tonight’s finale: A rare space sight. Most borders are invisible from orbit. This one between Egypt and Israel isn’t. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 18, 2013
Niagara River gorge, Welland Canal, and Toronto – it’s Saturday — Welcome back Hockey, from a Canadian in space! twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 19, 2013
Montreal, you’re shining bright, it must be @hockeynight in Canada! twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 19, 2013
Tonight’s finale: As the @nhl season begins, I see the lights of Toronto, home of my favourite team – Go @mapleleafs twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 19, 2013
Great Salt Lake is confusing to look at from space. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 20, 2013
Ghost of a checkerboard through the snow, foothills of the Rockies, USA. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 20, 2013
Tonight’s Finale: Washington D.C. on Saturday night of the Inaugural Weekend. You can even follow the parade route. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 20, 2013
St. Louis, at the joining of mighty rivers. Gateway to the West. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 21, 2013
If you lightly dust farmers’ fields with snow, they somehow become a papier-mâché artwork. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 21, 2013
San Francisco Bay Area. The sun glint really shows the water and cloud flow patterns. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 21, 2013
Like the sand is being sprayed with icing sugar. South coast of Pakistan. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 21, 2013
Tonight’s finale: Our atmosphere acts as a lens, distorting the sun as it crosses the horizon. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 21, 2013
Detroit and Windsor at night on the 18th of January. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 22, 2013
A snowstorm left a clear divide in the Southwestern US in January. A natural yin and yang on the prairie. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 22, 2013
Trying to drop a puck without gravity – thanks to whoever made and posted this! i.imgur.com/TMuR6sc.gif
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 22, 2013
Tonight’s finale: Sun glinting off the Missouri waters, all the way beyond the horizon. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 22, 2013
New England coast at night, from New Haven up to Hartford CT. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 23, 2013
For comparison, here’s Las Vegas late at night. Even my NightPod camera found the lights too bright. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 23, 2013
Salt ponds and the Dead Sea. Such an abruptly apt name. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 23, 2013
If you blow on the weightless sphere of water it distorts, and creates a floating Fun House mirror. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 23, 2013
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The grey of humanity in an ochre desert. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 24, 2013
The Golden Gate Bridge from space, and if you look closely, its shadow. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 24, 2013
A science experiment we”re doing on Space Station – we made a video to explain it: youtube.com/watch?feature=…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 24, 2013
Tonight’s finale: Australia. Jackson Pollock would have been even further inspired by seeing the Outback from orbit. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 24, 2013
New York City shining by night. Central Park is visible from space, and maybe even the light on the Statue of Liberty. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 25, 2013
Atlanta GA, with the busiest airport in the world, clearly visible from the Space Station. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 25, 2013
If Picasso painted lakes… twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 25, 2013
When you open a can of nuts in space, they almost look alive. youtube.com/watch?v=EtaWWC…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 25, 2013
Lisbon, port city. No wonder so many of the great sailing explorers were Portuguese. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 26, 2013
The Australian outback often looks like a rock crystal under a microscope. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 26, 2013
He hasn’t stopped yet. You can follow Chris Hadfield on Twitter for upcoming amazing Tweets. Here’s the Link.
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