Tweets from Space

We’ve already got an astronaut tweeting stunning pictures from the International Space Station, but soon we’ll also have Robonaut 2 (@astrorobonaut).

He’s already been doing some groundwork before launch in November, offering fascinating insights like this:

"In the airlock, but I'm still in my shipping box. I hope they let me out soon."

Before you get too excited, NASA have already admitted that humans are doing the tweeting for him, so we’re not going to get a robot’s inner monologue in 140 characters or less.

But if you want to ask Robonaut 2’s human handlers pretending to be a robot a question, tweet to @astrorobonaut with the hashtag #4R2