[NASA] NASA Goes Live: First Twitch Stream from Space Station

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NASA astronaut Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA)

For the first time, NASA is hosting a live

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event from about 250 miles off the Earth aboard the International Space Station, bringing new audiences closer to space than ever before. Viewers will have the opportunity to hear from NASA astronauts live and ask questions about life in orbit.

The event will begin at 11:45 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 12, livestreamed on the agency’s official

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“This

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event from space is the first of many,” said Brittany Brown, director, Office of Communications Digital and Technology Division, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “We spoke with digital creators at TwitchCon about their desire for streams designed with their communities in mind, and we listened. In addition to our spacewalks, launches, and landings, we’ll host more

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-exclusive streams like this one.

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is one of the many digital platforms we use to reach new audiences and get them excited about all things space.”

Although NASA has streamed events to

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previously, this conversation will be the first NASA event from the International Space Station developed specifically for the agency’s

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platform.

During the event, viewers will hear from NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who is currently aboard the orbiting laboratory, and NASA astronaut Matt Dominick, who recently returned to Earth after the agency’s Crew-8 mission.

The NASA astronauts will discuss daily life aboard the space station and the research conducted in microgravity. Additionally, the event will highlight ways for

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users to engage with NASA, including citizen science projects and science, technology, engineering, and math programs designed to inspire the Artemis Generation.

NASA is committed to exploring new digital platforms to engage with new audiences. Last year, the agency introduced its own streaming platform, NASA+, and redesigned nasa.gov and science.nasa.gov websites, creating a new homebase for agency news, Artemis information, and more.

To keep up with the latest news from NASA and learn more about the agency, visit:

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