US space agency NASA is hosting a live Twitch event from 250 miles off the Earth aboard the International Space Station, bringing new audiences closer to space than ever before. The event will begin at 11:45 am EST today.
Livestreamed on the agency’s official Twitch channel, viewers will have the opportunity to hear from NASA astronauts live and ask questions about life in orbit.
“This Twitch event from space is the first of many,” said Brittany Brown, director, Office of Communications Digital and Technology Division, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “We spoke with digital creators at TwitchCon about their desire for streams designed with their communities in mind, and we listened. In addition to our spacewalks, launches & landings, we’ll host more Twitch-exclusive streams like this.”
Although NASA has streamed events to Twitch previously, this conversation will be the first NASA event from the International Space Station developed specifically for the agency’s Twitch platform. During the event, viewers will hear from NASA astronaut Don Pettit (pictured), who is aboard the orbiting laboratory, and NASA astronaut Matt Dominick, who recently returned to Earth after the agency’s Crew-8 mission.
The NASA astronauts will discuss daily life aboard the space station and the research conducted in microgravity. Additionally, the event will highlight ways for Twitch users to engage with NASA, including citizen science projects and science, technology, engineering, and maths programmes designed to inspire the Artemis Generation.
NASA is committed to exploring digital platforms to engage with new audiences. Last year, the agency introduced its own streaming platform, NASA+, and redesigned the nasa.gov and science.nasa.gov websites, creating a new homebase for agency news, Artemis information, and more. “Twitch is one of the many digital platforms we use to reach new audiences and get them excited about all things space,” said Brown.
