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"Known to many as the most prolific Twitter user aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Soichi Noguchi has graced the Internet with a few more gorgeous Twitpics of our planet \u2014 including a vivid aurora created by a geomagnetic storm.\nThe Japanese aeronautical engineer, who we first told you about back in February, has been snapping pics of various coastlines, launch sites, the moon, stars and a spacecraft docking on the station. He typically posts a few pics each day from his mobile to Twitter via Twitpic.\nNoguchi flew to the ISS on December 20, 2009, and he's scheduled to return in June 2010. He joined Twitter about six weeks before he went into orbit. During this time, he has published 1,000 tweets and accumulated around 174,000 followers.  He and his fellow crewmates have taken more than 100,000 photos aboard the ISS.\nTo send Noguchi a message of support, use this form on his website or simply hit him up with an @reply on Twitter.\n\n\n\n\n\nFly through Aurora at 28,000kmh. Happy 1,000 tweets :-)\n\n\n\n\n\n\"17th moon set. Tachi-machi Duki in Japanese.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Italy big view.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Stars 'fall' in love with Aurora in April. Priceless!\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\"The Green Rose of Cairo. Egypt.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Twentieth moon tonight. Fuke-machi-zuki in Japanese.\"\n\n\nFor more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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