Fri, May 14, 2010
NASA Is Organizing A "Tweetup" In Houston For The STS-132
Mission
NASA has really embraced the concept of social media, and if
you don't yet know what a "Tweetup" is ... ask any nearby teenager.
But the social media phenomenon extends beyond the Internet, and
NASA Twitter followers will have the chance to personally go inside
the heart of a space shuttle mission at the agency's Johnson Space
Center (JSC) in Houston. The agency is hosting a unique Tweetup on
Wednesday, May 19 during Atlantis' STS-132 mission to the
International Space Station. Atlantis is set to launch from the
Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, May 14 at 1420 EDT.
"We're inviting the public to share in the excitement of human
spaceflight during one of the last three scheduled space shuttle
missions," said Stephanie Schierholz, social media manager at NASA
Headquarters in Washington. "NASA is providing this
behind-the-scenes access to give our Twitter followers an
understanding and appreciation of all the work that goes into a
successful shuttle launch and mission."
NASA randomly selected 100 individuals on Twitter from a pool of
registrants who signed up on the Web. The event will start at Space
Center Houston (SCH) where participants will have the opportunity
to meet astronaut Jeff Williams (@Astro_Jeff) and tweet about NASA
hardware.
After lunch, Twitter followers will take a tour of JSC; view
mission control and astronauts' training facilities; and speak with
flight directors, trainers, astronauts and managers.
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