---
title: "First Instagram From Space: Steve Swanson in a Firefly Shirt!"
description: "[![Swanson in Space via Steve Swanson/NASA]()]() *Swanson in Space via [Steve Swanson/NASA]()*"
date: "2014-04-18"
modified: "2014-04-18"
authors:
  - name: "Jolene Creighton"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jolene-creighton"
url: "https://futurism.com/first-instagram-from-space-steve-swanson-in-a-firefly-shirt"
categories:
  - "From Quarks to Quasars"
---

# First Instagram From Space: Steve Swanson in a Firefly Shirt!

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/steve-swanson-instagram-space.png>)

[![Swanson in Space via Steve Swanson/NASA](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/steve-swanson-instagram-space-2.png>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/steve-swanson-instagram-space-2.png>)
*Swanson in Space via [Steve Swanson/NASA](<http://instagram.com/p/mf0PAYtPrg/>)*

Steve Swanson is officially the first person to send an Instagram from space. Last week, he beamed down a selfie that was taken before the ISS cupola. In the background, we see the Earth sailing beneath. We also see a rather interesting quote on his shirt: "Shipping & Logistics: Everything's Shiny." This quote is coupled with a relatively familiar spacecraft. As it turns out, Swanson is a bit of a Firefly fan (as we all should be). The shirt's pattern was created by designer [Bora Markovic](<http://bomdesignz.tumblr.com/>), which can be purchased [here](<https://www.teepublic.com/show/15919-serenity-shipping-and-logistics>).

Swanson is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who joined the International Space Station in March 2014 as a part of the Expedition 39/40 team. But this isn't his first jaunt into low-Earth orbit. During his first mission aborad the International Space Station in 2007, he brought with him *Firefly* and *Serenity* DVDs and left them aboard, [a contribution to the space station's library](<http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-061207a.html>).

You can follow the ISS Instagram feed [here](<http://instagram.com/iss>), which already has a number of images added.

[![Eleuthera island, Bahamas via NASA Instagram](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/iss-instagram-bahamas.png>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/iss-instagram-bahamas.png>)
*Eleuthera island, Bahamas via [NASA Instagram](<http://instagram.com/p/m5OpPINPhW/>)*

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