Wheels 'Checks In,' Kicks Off NASA Partnership with Foursquare

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Uploaded by on Oct 22, 2010

NASA astronaut and International Space Station Commander Doug "Wheels" Wheelock became the first person to "check in" from space using the mobile social networking application Foursquare on Oct. 22. Wheelock's check in to the space station launches a partnership between NASA and Foursquare to connect its users to the space agency, enabling them to explore the universe and discover Earth.

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  • Are you crazy? Using Windows XP on the space station... That's absolutely insane.

  • He should add some tips there now for the next astronaut.

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  • Wonder who's the mayor

  • @eumegaf

    Looks like XP running in a VM on Windows Server.

    Don't worry, the actually important things run on a unix-like... but dear god... internet explorer... gahh

  • Can anybody see the venue ID?

  • impressive!

    postclic.com

  • very cool

  • did someone notice url in his browser? )

  • It going to be the hardest badge to collect!

  • fantastico!

  • AWESOME!!!!

    "Houston, I just unlocked foursquare's NASA Explorer Badge for my checkin to the international spacestation"

  • @eumegaf Its not what controls the IIS ;) It does things what you do with your laptop / pc

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