The International Space Station (ISS) has been Internet-enabled for a little more than a month, and this connectivity between astronauts and the ground has already aided education through its immediacy. Douglas Wheelock, current ISS commander, has been tweeting images from space at the tag @AstroWheels since the connectivity became available, with more than 60,000 followers. He’s soon to be replaced, but Scott Kelly who is newly arrived has begun a similar service and already has more than 10,000 followers.
Kelly’s photo tweets from space are being made into a geography game, with the first person to @reply to @StationCDRKelly with the correct answer winning. Use the hashtag #spacegeo after your reply and to follow the geography game on Twitter from space. Players are competing to be the first to name that inkblot of Earth from space to win a printed photo of the shot taken from space and autographed by astronaut Kelly after his return to Earth. At the end of each week, the trivia photo will be posted to nasa.gov along with the winner’s name.
