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The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2012

TIME's social media editor Allie Townsend & social media associate Amy Lombard pick the 140 Twitter feeds that are shaping the online conversation in 2012. Let us know what you think of our choices, using hashtag #Twitter140.

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NASA Astronauts

By Allie TownsendMarch 15, 20120

RT @Cmdr_Hadfield: Where does astronaut drinking water come from? We recycle ... bit.ly/FQ7L55
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NASA Astronauts (@NASA_Astronauts) March 19, 2012

Followers: 128K

NASA’s social initiatives are impressive, and its crop of astronauts definitely aren’t exempt. The @NASA_Astronauts feed acts as an aggregation tool for the space-bound’s most interesting updates. A frequently updated stream of retweets from NASA’s space explorers makes visiting this feed one of the most cosmic experiences on Twitter.

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