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NASA astronaut Mark Polansky, commander of the next space shuttle mission to the International Space Station in June, is sharing updates about his training and flight on Twitter. He invites followers to submit video questions via YouTube that he will answer from orbit.

Polansky, a New Jersey native and former Air Force test pilot, will command the space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-127, a flight targeted for launch June 13 to deliver the final portions of the space station's Japanese laboratory.  

While posting tweets about his crew's training, Polansky also will select video questions submitted by followers. The videos will be transmitted to orbit during the mission and answered live during a special event that will be broadcast on NASA Television and posted to Polansky's Twitter and YouTube pages.

Polansky, whose Twitter account is Astro_127, can be followed at:  http://www.twitter.com/Astro_127 

To submit a question, Polansky's Twitter followers should post a video question no longer than 30 seconds to YouTube and tweet the link to Polansky's account, @Astro_127. From now through the launch of STS-127, one or two of the questions submitted will be selected each week to be answered from orbit.  

You can view video invitation from Polansky at: http://www.youtube.com/reelnasa  

The mission is Polansky's second space shuttle command and third spaceflight. For more information about Polansky, mission STS-127, and to view video questions that have been selected so far, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts127  

For a list of NASA missions providing updates on social media Web sites, visit http://www.nasa.gov/collaborate 

For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:  http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

Photo courtesy: Polansky’s Twitter account

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