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This is the first Vine ever to be sent from Space

Astronaut Reid Wiseman is on the case.

Jun 7th 2014, 11:38 AM 3,121 Views 3 Comments

ASTRONAUT REID WISEMAN has only been on the International Space Station for a week and already he’s delivering the goods.

Wiseman has tweeted the first Vine from Space; a time-lapse of a single earth orbit by the ISS, with the sun in constant sight.

Source: Reid Wiseman/Vine

Wiseman explains in his tweet that the reason for the sun never setting is because the space station is “flying parallel w/terminator line”.

A few days ago he had given a heads up as to what that actually means:

Our orbit is almost parallel to the terminator so it is daylight with a low sun angle 24 hrs a day now on the #ISS. pic.twitter.com/Vd7bGm4Rnu
— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) June 3, 2014

Source: Reid Wiseman/Twitter

Now that Commander Chris Hadfield is back on solid ground after months of entertaining and educating us with his ISS tweets and videos, maybe Wiseman is your new must-have Twitter follow?

DailyEdge.ie are fans already. Fascinating stuff:

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Sun glint turns an African river delta into an amazing gem. pic.twitter.com/WIoKJtDsbt
— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) June 6, 2014

Source: Reid Wiseman/Twitter

7 days ago the thought of being in space gave me chills of excitement. Now it seems completely normal. Odd feeling.
— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) June 5, 2014

Source: Reid Wiseman/Twitter

He’s even done a Space selfie:

Finally! #SoyuzTMA13M selfie @astro_alex @msuraev pic.twitter.com/mI8YkfcoWc
— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) June 2, 2014

Source: Reid Wiseman/Twitter

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This is the first Vine ever to be sent from Space