Space-Loving Twitter Users Rejoice at NASA's Return

Congress finally struck a deal to end the government shutdown on Wednesday night, after weeks of bitter partisan bickering. This means hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal employees are returning to work on Thursday.

But even before NASA got its website back up and running (many federal agencies' websites were inactive during the shutdown), the agency broke its 16-day silence on Twitter — and was met by a collective cheer.

We're back and in the process of turning things back on! https://t.co/IpvHUzr4tm and #NASA TV will be up as soon as possible!

— NASA (@NASA) October 17, 2013 Read more...