Atlantis broadcast their adventure on Twitter

Astronauts are giving a behind-the-scenes look at the space shuttle Atlantis's high-risk mission to service the Hubble telescope, thanks to micro-blogging sensation Twitter. Wish you were there? The crew on the road to Hubble have opened a Twitter account on which you can follow their expedition live from Space. Mike Massimino, one of the mission's specialists, already has 221,119 followers as a result of his giving Twitter updates during training in April in Houston. "Next stop, Earth Orbit!!" Massimino -- whose Twitter account is Astro_Mike and can be found at Twitter.com/Astro_Mike -- wrote in his most recent tweet, posted just hours before takeoff. Youi can follow their adventure" via this article.

Follow Atlantis on Twitter

Astro_Mike I'm going to put my spacesuit on, next stop: Earth Orbit!! about 6 hours ago Astro_Mike Final check with the doctors, getting ready for breakfast. We launch today!! about 8 hours ago Astro_Mike I'll tweet when I can from orbit, but it might not be much, follow us after the launch 24/7 on NASA TV, www.nasa.gov/ntv and NASA twitter about 19 hours ago Astro_Mike Thanks to all who have been following me, we launch tomorrow!!!! about 19 hours ago Astro_Mike Enjoyed my last day on the planet for a couple of weeks with some study, practice, and last minute prep, but mostly trying to relax about 19 hours ago Astro_Mike Just went for a run, trying to stay relaxed as the launch is the day after tomorrow!!!about 1 days ago Astro_Mike Having lunch my crew and our families, a great visit before we launch about 1 days ago Astro_Mike Finished my final fitcheck in my orange spacesuit and my parachute harness, packed my pockets with survival gear about 2 days ago Astro_Mike Robotics refresher with our outstanding instructor Linda Snider, helping us to be ready for maneuvering the shuttle's robot arm about 2 days ago Astro_Mike My good friend Mark Polansky, commander of the shuttle after ours, is on twitter. Follow him at Astro_127. about 2 days ago