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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nismok" data-source="post: 6683575" data-attributes="member: 109094">For the past few weeks, Japanese astronaut Souichi Noguchi, traveling  in orbit 200 miles above the Earth at around 17,000 mph, has been on  board the International Space Station tweeting images of his view from  space.  The images, which were taken with digital cameras on board the  International Space Station, have been posted to Twitter via Twitpic, a  Web site that allows users to easily post pictures.  Surfing the Web from space on the ultimate wireless connection, the crew  recently received access to the Internet from orbit via what is known  as the Crew Support LAN, which routes ISS Web browsing through a  computer on the ground, according to Kelly Humphries, the International  Space Station and Mission Operations public affairs officer at NASA's  Johnson Space Center in Houston.  Originally from Yokohama, Japan, Noguchi is in orbit as part of  Expedition 22, a five-member team currently responsible for running the  International Space Station.</blockquote>

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