NASA Tweetup
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NASA
has hosted many events for its Twitter
enthusiasts called NASA Tweetups. These events provide guests with VIP access to NASA
facilities and speakers with the goal of leveraging participants' social network
s to further the outreach requirements of NASA as laid out in the National Aeronautics and Space Act
.
The first NASA Tweetup was held at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
in Pasadena, California
, in January 2009. During this event, guests were given exclusive tours and access to JPL scientists and engineers. The event was held from 5:30-7PM and much of the event was broadcast over UStream
. Since then many other tweetups have been held, including ones spanning many days and some at other locations other than NASA facilities. Some tweetups are only a few hours long while some much longer, such as the STS-133
launch tweetup, which was a week long – the only one of its kind.
Participants are chosen randomly from submitted applications. from an open application process on the web. For the STS-135
Tweetup, 150 were chosen from over 5500 applications. To date, 6 NASA field centers and NASA HQ have hosted tweetup events. There were 5 NASA Tweetups in 2009 and 10 in 2010, and 13 planned for 2011. As of August 2011, over 2,000 participants have been part of official NASA Tweetups, since 2009.
NASA, in an attempt to measure the impact of tweetups, tracked 10,665 tweets originating from 150 participants in the Juno Tweetup as well as the subsequent retweets and found 29.9 million potential impressions.
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
has hosted many events for its Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
enthusiasts called NASA Tweetups. These events provide guests with VIP access to NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
facilities and speakers with the goal of leveraging participants' social network
Social network
A social network is a social structure made up of individuals called "nodes", which are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.Social...
s to further the outreach requirements of NASA as laid out in the National Aeronautics and Space Act
National Aeronautics and Space Act
The National Aeronautics and Space Act is the United States federal statute that created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration . The Act, which followed close on the heels of the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik, was drafted by the United States House Select Committee on Astronautics...
.
The first NASA Tweetup was held at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena...
in Pasadena, California
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
, in January 2009. During this event, guests were given exclusive tours and access to JPL scientists and engineers. The event was held from 5:30-7PM and much of the event was broadcast over UStream
Ustream
Ustream is a website which consists of a network of diverse channels providing a platform for lifecasting and live video streaming of events online. Established in March 2007, the site has over 2,000,000 registered users who generate 1,500,000+ hours of live streamed content per month with over ten...
. Since then many other tweetups have been held, including ones spanning many days and some at other locations other than NASA facilities. Some tweetups are only a few hours long while some much longer, such as the STS-133
STS-133
STS-133 was the 133rd mission in NASA's Space Shuttle program; during the mission, Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station. It was Discoverys 39th and final mission. The mission launched on 24 February 2011, and landed on 9 March 2011...
launch tweetup, which was a week long – the only one of its kind.
Participants are chosen randomly from submitted applications. from an open application process on the web. For the STS-135
STS-135
STS-135 was the final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on 8 July and was originally scheduled to land on 20 July 2011, but the mission was...
Tweetup, 150 were chosen from over 5500 applications. To date, 6 NASA field centers and NASA HQ have hosted tweetup events. There were 5 NASA Tweetups in 2009 and 10 in 2010, and 13 planned for 2011. As of August 2011, over 2,000 participants have been part of official NASA Tweetups, since 2009.
NASA, in an attempt to measure the impact of tweetups, tracked 10,665 tweets originating from 150 participants in the Juno Tweetup as well as the subsequent retweets and found 29.9 million potential impressions.
List of NASA Tweetups
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| 31 | November 25 & 26 | Mars Science Laboratory Mars Science Laboratory The Mars Science Laboratory is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration mission with the aim to land and operate a rover named Curiosity on the surface of Mars. The MSL was launched November 26, 2011, at 10:02 EST and is scheduled to land on Mars at Gale Crater between August 6 and 20, 2012... Launch |
KSC Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA installation that has been the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for America's civilian space program... |
Astronauts Doug Wheelock (@Astro_Wheels) and Leland Melvin Leland D. Melvin Leland Devon Melvin is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. He served on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist on STS-122, and as mission specialist 1 on STS-129... (@Astro_Flow), NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Deputy Administrator Lori Garver Lori Garver Lori Beth Garver is the Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration . She was nominated on May 24, 2009, by President Barack Obama, along with Charles Bolden as NASA Administrator... (@Lori_Garver), Bill Nye Bill Nye William Sanford "Bill" Nye , popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, mechanical engineer, and scientist... (@TheScienceGuy), engineers from JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena... , musician Will.i.am Will.i.am William James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer... (@iamwill); Also: @MarsCuriosity |
Launch of the Mars Science Laboratory Mars Science Laboratory The Mars Science Laboratory is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration mission with the aim to land and operate a rover named Curiosity on the surface of Mars. The MSL was launched November 26, 2011, at 10:02 EST and is scheduled to land on Mars at Gale Crater between August 6 and 20, 2012... mission carrying the Curiosity rover |
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| 30 | November 8, 2011 | Langley Langley Research Center Langley Research Center is the oldest of NASA's field centers, located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It directly borders Poquoson, Virginia and Langley Air Force Base... Tweetup |
Langley Langley Research Center Langley Research Center is the oldest of NASA's field centers, located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It directly borders Poquoson, Virginia and Langley Air Force Base... (LRC) |
Charles Harris, Director of Research, NASA Langley Bruce Fisher, Flight Services Mike Obland, Airborne Science Susan Still Kilrain, space shuttle pilot Karen Whitley, Inflatable Lunar Habitat Mary Beth Wusk, Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator Amanda Cutright, Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment Roman Paryz, National Transonic Facility Martin Annett, Landing Impact Research/Hydro Impact Basin Facility |
First tweetup at Langley | 50 |
| 29 | October 27, 2011 | NPP satellite NPOESS The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System was to be the United States' next-generation satellite system that would monitor the Earth's weather, atmosphere, oceans, land and near-space environment. NPOESS satellites were to host proven technologies and operational... (Delta II) Launch |
VAFB Vandenberg Air Force Base Vandenberg Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base, located approximately northwest of Lompoc, California. It is under the jurisdiction of the 30th Space Wing, Air Force Space Command .... |
@NASANPP; NASA Astronaut Piers Sellers, the deputy director of the Sciences and Exploration Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland; NPP Project Scientist Jim Gleason; NPP Systems Manager Janice Smith; NASA Launch Director Tim Dunn; Scott Asbury, a senior program manager with Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Corp. in Boulder, Colorado. |
First tweetup at Vandenberg; First tweetup for a U.S. West coast launch; Launch of Earth-observing NPP satellite NPOESS The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System was to be the United States' next-generation satellite system that would monitor the Earth's weather, atmosphere, oceans, land and near-space environment. NPOESS satellites were to host proven technologies and operational... |
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| 28 | October 21, 2011 | Wallops Tweetup | Wallops Wallops Flight Facility Wallops Flight Facility , located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, is operated by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, primarily as a rocket launch site to support science and exploration missions for NASA and other U.S. government agencies... (WFF) |
Rebecca Powell, Dr. Joyce Winterton, Stephanie Schierholz-intro; Harold Cherrix, Ed Lagman, Rob Marshall, Cliff Murphy-NASA Sounding Rocket; Henry Cathey & Debbie Fairbrother-NASA Balloon Program; Sarah Daugherty-Range Control Center; Les Kovacs & Kate Campbell-Taurus II HIF (Orbital Sciences) Bill Wrobel-Wallops Director |
First tweetup at Wallops | 50 |
| 27 | October 14, 2011 | SOFIA Telescope Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center to construct and maintain an airborne observatory. NASA awarded the contract for the development of the aircraft, operation of the observatory and management of the American part of the... /Ames Tweetup |
Ames (ARC) | David Morse (@drmNASA); Dr. Pamela Marcum, SOFIA Project Scientist; Bill Thigpen, NASA Advanced Supercomputing; Steven Beard & Dean Giovannetti, Vertical Motion Simulator; Thomas Roellig, SOFIA Deputy Project Scientist; Roger Hunter, Kepler mission Also: @SOFIATelescope |
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| 26 | October 13, 2011 | STS-135 STS-135 STS-135 was the final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on 8 July and was originally scheduled to land on 20 July 2011, but the mission was... Crew (Magnus & Ferguson) |
NASA HQ NASA Headquarters Two Independence Square, often referenced as NASA Headquarters, is a low-rise building in the two-building Independence Square complex at 300 E Street SW in Washington D.C. The building houses NASA leadership who provide overall guidance and direction to the US government executive branch agency... |
Final Space Shuttle Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons... crew members Sandy Magnus Sandra Magnus Sandra Hall Magnus is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She returned to Earth with the crew of STS-119 Discovery on March 28, 2009, after having spent 134 days in orbit. She was assigned to the crew of STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle... (@Astro_Sandy) and Chris Ferguson Christopher Ferguson Christopher J. Ferguson is a United States Navy captain and a NASA astronaut. He was the pilot of Space Shuttle Atlantis on his first mission to space, STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006 and returned to Earth on September 21, 2006... (@Astro_Ferg) |
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| 25 | September 7-8, 2011 | GRAIL spacecraft Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory is an American lunar science mission in NASA's Discovery Program, which will use high-quality gravitational field mapping of the Moon to determine its interior structure... (Delta II) Launch |
KSC Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA installation that has been the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for America's civilian space program... |
Neil deGrasse Tyson Neil deGrasse Tyson Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, a science communicator, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and a Research Associate in the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History... (@neiltyson), NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Nichelle Nichols Nichelle Nichols Nichelle Nichols is an American actress, singer and voice artist. She sang with Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton before turning to acting... (@RealNichelle), Jim Adams (@NASAJim), Sally Ride Science Sally Ride Science -About Sally Ride Science:Sally Ride Science was founded in 2001 by Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, to develop and provide classroom materials, programs and professional development opportunities for K-12 educators... (@SallyRideSci), @VeronicaMcG (@NASAJPL), Maria Zuber Maria Zuber Maria T. Zuber is the E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she also leads the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Zuber has been involved in more than half a dozen NASA planetary missions aimed at mapping the Moon, Mars,... , @Doug_Ellison (@NASA_Eyes), @TrentPerotto |
Launch of twin lunar Moon The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more... -bound spacecraft |
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| 24 | August 4-5, 2011 | Juno spacecraft Juno (spacecraft) Juno is a NASA New Frontiers mission to the planet Jupiter. Juno was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011. The spacecraft is to be placed in a polar orbit to study the planet's composition, gravity field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere... (Atlas V Atlas V Atlas V is an active expendable launch system in the Atlas rocket family. Atlas V was formerly operated by Lockheed Martin, and is now operated by the Lockheed Martin-Boeing joint venture United Launch Alliance... Launch) |
KSC Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA installation that has been the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for America's civilian space program... |
Bill Nye (@thescienceguy), @NASAJim, @VeronicaMcG (@NASAJPL), NASA Chief Scientist Waleed Abdalati Waleed Abdalati Dr. Waleed Abdalati has been NASA Chief Scientist since 3 January 2011. Abdalati was named to this position on 13 December 2010 by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden... , @TrentPerotto, @SteveMatousek, @Doug_Ellison (@NASA_Eyes), @CassiniSaturn, @NASA_LSP & Juno Science Team members |
Launch of the Jupiter Jupiter Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,... -bound Juno spacecraft |
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| 23 | July 21, 2011 | STS-135 STS-135 STS-135 was the final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on 8 July and was originally scheduled to land on 20 July 2011, but the mission was... Landing |
KSC Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA installation that has been the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for America's civilian space program... |
Final landing of the Space Shuttle Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons... |
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| 22 | July 19, 2011 | STS-135 STS-135 STS-135 was the final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on 8 July and was originally scheduled to land on 20 July 2011, but the mission was... Mission |
JSC | @Astro_Clay, @StationCDRKelly, @Carbon_Flight, @saroy, @mgrabois, @gnholt, @Astro_Ron (from space), NASA PAO Josh Byerly Josh Byerly Josh Byerly is a public affairs officer and spokesman for NASA and is based at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He is an award-winning writer and former television personality.-Career:... |
Space Shuttle ascent, rendezvous & landing simulators, as well as the Mission Control Center and the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility | 30 |
| 21 | July 7-8, 2011 | STS-135 STS-135 STS-135 was the final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on 8 July and was originally scheduled to land on 20 July 2011, but the mission was... Launch |
KSC Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA installation that has been the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for America's civilian space program... |
Lori Garver Lori Garver Lori Beth Garver is the Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration . She was nominated on May 24, 2009, by President Barack Obama, along with Charles Bolden as NASA Administrator... (@Lori_Garver), Elmo Elmo Elmo is a Muppet character on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is a furry red monster and currently hosts the last full 15 minute segment on Sesame Street, Elmo's World, which is aimed at toddlers. His puppeteer, Kevin Clash, uses falsetto to produce his voice... , @Astro_Mike, @Astro_Wheels, @Phalanx, @ISS_NatlLab, Bill Gerstenmeier, Robert Crippen Robert Crippen Robert Laurel Crippen is an engineer, retired United States Navy Captain and a former NASA astronaut. He flew on four Space Shuttle missions, including three as commander... , @Astro_Ron (from space) |
Final launch of the Space Shuttle Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons... |
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| 20 | June 6, 2011 | JPL Tweetup | JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena... |
Aquarius SAC-D SAC-D , also known as Aquarius after its primary instrument, is an Argentine Earth science satellite built by INVAP and launched on June 10, 2011. It carries seven instruments to study the environment, and a technology demonstration experiment. Its primary instrument, Aquarius, was built by and... , GRAIL, Juno Juno (spacecraft) Juno is a NASA New Frontiers mission to the planet Jupiter. Juno was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011. The spacecraft is to be placed in a polar orbit to study the planet's composition, gravity field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere... , Mars Science Laboratory Mars Science Laboratory The Mars Science Laboratory is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration mission with the aim to land and operate a rover named Curiosity on the surface of Mars. The MSL was launched November 26, 2011, at 10:02 EST and is scheduled to land on Mars at Gale Crater between August 6 and 20, 2012... / @MarsCuriosity, Dawn, @SOFIATelescope, @NASAJPL, @MarsRovers, @AsteroidWatch |
A few of the tweetup attendees were also invited to attend the June 8, 2011, SOFIA Telescope Media Day at Dryden Flight Research Center Dryden Flight Research Center The Dryden Flight Research Center , located inside Edwards Air Force Base, is an aeronautical research center operated by NASA. On March 26, 1976 it was named in honor of the late Hugh L. Dryden, a prominent aeronautical engineer who at the time of his death in 1965 was NASA's deputy administrator... . |
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| 19 | Apr. 28-29, 2011 May 16, 2011 |
STS-134 STS-134 STS-134 was the penultimate mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The mission marked the 25th and final flight of . This flight delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station. Mark Kelly served as the mission commander... Launch |
KSC Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA installation that has been the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for America's civilian space program... |
@Astro Clay Clayton Anderson Clayton Conrad Anderson is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. Launched on STS-117, he replaced Sunita Williams on June 10, 2007 as a member of the ISS Expedition 15 crew.-Education:... @Astro Flow Leland D. Melvin Leland Devon Melvin is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. He served on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist on STS-122, and as mission specialist 1 on STS-129... , Astronaut Ricky Arnold Richard R. Arnold Richard Robert "Ricky" Arnold II is an American educator and a NASA astronaut. He flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-119, which launched March 15, 2009 and delivered the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station.Arnold was raised in Bowie, Maryland and is married to Eloise... NASA Chief Scientist, Waleed Abdalati |
The Shuttle launch was delayed, but participants were invited back for its successful May launch attempt -- the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour Space Shuttle Endeavour Space Shuttle Endeavour is one of the retired orbiters of the Space Shuttle program of NASA, the space agency of the United States. Endeavour was the fifth and final spaceworthy NASA space shuttle to be built, constructed as a replacement for Challenger... . |
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| 18 | Mar. 19, 2011 | Sun-Earth Day Sun-Earth Day Sun-Earth Day is a celebration established in 2000 by NASA and ESA. The purpose of the holiday is to popularize the knowledge about the Sun, and the way it influences life on Earth.... 2011 |
Goddard Goddard Space Flight Center The Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. GSFC,... (GSFC) NASM National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution holds the largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft in the world. It was established in 1976. Located in Washington, D.C., United States, it is a center for research into the history and science of aviation and... |
Aleya Littleton, Vicky Portway (NASM) Troy Cline, Michelle Thaller Michelle Thaller Michelle Thaller is an American astronomer and research scientist. Thaller is currently the assistant director for Science Communication at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center... (GSFC) NASA EDGE NASA Edge NASA EDGE is a video podcast which explores different missions, technologies and projects developed by NASA. The program was released by NASA on March 18, 2007, and , there have been 53 vodcasts produced.-Description:... (live show broadcast) @SunEarthDay @NASA_SDO, @Camilla_SDO, |
First tweetup at GSFC (see SDO is GO, #6 below) | 100 |
| 17 | Mar. 16, 2011 | @Astro Wheels Tweetup | NASA HQ NASA Headquarters Two Independence Square, often referenced as NASA Headquarters, is a low-rise building in the two-building Independence Square complex at 300 E Street SW in Washington D.C. The building houses NASA leadership who provide overall guidance and direction to the US government executive branch agency... |
Expedition 25 Expedition 25 Expedition 25 was the twenty-fifth long-duration mission to the International Space Station . Expedition 25 began with the Soyuz TMA-18 undocking on 25 September 2010... Commander Doug Wheelock (@Astro_Wheels) |
"Wheels" was the first person to check-in in space, using Foursquare | Unk |
| 16 | Feb. 11, 2011 | Ames Planet Hunters | Ames (ARC) | @worden Pete Worden Simon P. Worden, Ph.D. is Director of NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. Before joining NASA, he held several positions in the United States Air Force and was research professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He is a recognized expert on space issues... , @NASAKepler presented by @batalha, David Morrison, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at SETI, @SOFIAtelescope Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated... |
First tweetup at ARC | Unk |
| 15 | Nov. 10, 2010 | STS-133 STS-133 STS-133 was the 133rd mission in NASA's Space Shuttle program; during the mission, Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station. It was Discoverys 39th and final mission. The mission launched on 24 February 2011, and landed on 9 March 2011... Mission |
JSC | @Astro Clay Clayton Anderson Clayton Conrad Anderson is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. Launched on STS-117, he replaced Sunita Williams on June 10, 2007 as a member of the ISS Expedition 15 crew.-Education:... , @AstroRobonaut, Flight Director @Tungsten_Flight & PAO Rob Navias |
Although STS-133 was delayed, the tweetup went on as scheduled. | 19 |
| 14 | Oct. 31-Nov. 5, 2010 Feb. 24, 2011 |
STS-133 STS-133 STS-133 was the 133rd mission in NASA's Space Shuttle program; during the mission, Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station. It was Discoverys 39th and final mission. The mission launched on 24 February 2011, and landed on 9 March 2011... Launch |
KSC Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA installation that has been the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for America's civilian space program... |
@Astro Ron, @Astro Soichi Soichi Noguchi is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and a JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster. He was most recently in space as part of the Soyuz TMA-17 crew and... , @Astro Flow, @Astro Bones, Shannon Walker Shannon Walker Shannon Walker is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut, whose first space mission was Expedition 24 on the International Space Station with take-off on 15 June 2010. She is married to a fellow NASA astronaut, the Australian-born Andy Thomas... & @AstroRobonaut |
First extended tweetup Discovery's launch was delayed, but participants were invited back for successful Feb. launch attempt -- the final flight of Space Shuttle Discovery Space Shuttle Discovery Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the retired orbiters of the Space Shuttle program of NASA, the space agency of the United States, and was operational from its maiden flight, STS-41-D on August 30, 1984, until its final landing during STS-133 on March 9, 2011... . |
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| 13 | July 29, 2010 | @Astro TJ Timothy Creamer Timothy "TJ" Creamer is a NASA astronaut and a Colonel in the United States Army. Creamer was born in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, but considers Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to be his hometown. He is married to the former Margaret E. Hammer. They have two children.- Education :Bishop McNamara High School,... Tweetup |
NASA HQ NASA Headquarters Two Independence Square, often referenced as NASA Headquarters, is a low-rise building in the two-building Independence Square complex at 300 E Street SW in Washington D.C. The building houses NASA leadership who provide overall guidance and direction to the US government executive branch agency... |
Expedition 22 Expedition 22 Expedition 22 was the 22nd long duration crew flight to the International Space Station . This expedition began in November 2009 when the Expedition 21 crew departed. For a period of 3 weeks, there were only 2 crew members; it was the first time that had happened since STS-114 had delivered a third... /23 Expedition 23 Expedition 23 was the twenty-third long-duration mission to the International Space Station . Expedition 23 began with the Soyuz TMA-16 undocking on 18 March 2010. Shortly thereafter cosmonauts Aleksandr Skvortsov and Mikhail Korniyenko and astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson arrived at the Space... Flight Engineer & Science Officer, @Astro_TJ |
TJ was the first astronaut to send a live tweet from space (and set up the Station's live Internet) | 70 |
| 12 | June 5, 2010 | World Science Festival World Science Festival The World Science Festival is a science festival held in New York City that is held annually in the summer. The 2008 inaugural festival was held May 28 – June 1 and consisted mainly of panel discussions and on-stage conversations, accompanied by multimedia presentations.The festival was the... |
NYU New York University New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan... 's Kimmel Center |
@Astro Flow, @Astro Sandy Sandra Magnus Sandra Hall Magnus is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She returned to Earth with the crew of STS-119 Discovery on March 28, 2009, after having spent 134 days in orbit. She was assigned to the crew of STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle... , John C. Mather John C. Mather John Cromwell Mather is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite with George Smoot. COBE was the first experiment to measure "..... , Brian Greene Brian Greene Brian Greene is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He has been a professor at Columbia University since 1996. Greene has worked on mirror symmetry, relating two different Calabi-Yau manifolds... |
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| 11 | May 19, 2010 | STS-132 STS-132 STS-132 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on 16 May 2010. STS-132 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 14 May 2010. The primary payload was the Russian Rassvet Mini-Research Module, along with an Integrated... Mission |
JSC | @Astro Ron (Answered Questions by Tweet), Talat Hussain (Boeing - Presented on TDRS), Ellen Ochoa, Deputy JSC Director and Former Astronaut, @Astro Jeff | 82 | |
| 10 | May 13-14, 2010 | STS-132 STS-132 STS-132 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on 16 May 2010. STS-132 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 14 May 2010. The primary payload was the Russian Rassvet Mini-Research Module, along with an Integrated... Launch |
KSC Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA installation that has been the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for America's civilian space program... |
@Bobby Braun, @Lori Garver Lori Garver Lori Beth Garver is the Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration . She was nominated on May 24, 2009, by President Barack Obama, along with Charles Bolden as NASA Administrator... , @Rocky_Sci, astronauts Dave Wolf & Janice Voss |
2nd Tweetup at a Shuttle Atlantis Space Shuttle Atlantis The Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet belonging to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States... launch |
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| 9 | May 3, 2010 | SDO Solar Dynamics Observatory The Solar Dynamics Observatory is a NASA mission which will observe the Sun for over five years. Launched on February 11, 2010, the observatory is part of the Living With a Star program... First Light |
DC Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution.... - Newseum Newseum The Newseum is an interactive museum of news and journalism located at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. The seven-level, museum features 15 theaters and 14 galleries. The Newseum's Berlin Wall Gallery includes the largest display of sections of the Berlin Wall outside of Germany... |
Dean Pesnell, SDO project scientist, NASA GSFC Madhulika Guhathakurta, SDO program scientist, NASA HQ |
Hosted by Goddard Space Flight Center Goddard Space Flight Center The Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. GSFC,... . |
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| 8 | April 18, 2010 | Earth Day Earth Day Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's natural environment. The name and concept of Earth Day was allegedly pioneered by John McConnell in 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco. The first Proclamation of Earth Day was by San Francisco, the... - 40th |
DC Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution.... - National Mall National Mall The National Mall is an open-area national park in downtown Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The National Mall is a unit of the National Park Service , and is administered by the National Mall and Memorial Parks unit... |
James Balog James Balog James Balog is an American photographer whose work revolves around the relationship between humans and nature. For nearly 30 years, James Balog re-defined environmental photography, whether his subject was endangered animals, giant trees, or Arctic ice sheets.... , Rob Simmon, Compton Tucker |
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| 7 | Feb 17, 2010 | STS-130 STS-130 STS-130 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station . 's primary payloads were the Tranquility module and the Cupola, a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center, providing a 360-degree view around the station... Mission |
JSC | @Astro Bones/@ZeroG MD | First tweetup at JSC | 100 |
| 6 | Feb 11, 2010 | "SDO Solar Dynamics Observatory The Solar Dynamics Observatory is a NASA mission which will observe the Sun for over five years. Launched on February 11, 2010, the observatory is part of the Living With a Star program... is Go" Launch |
KSC Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA installation that has been the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for America's civilian space program... |
First launch tweetup for uncrewed vehicle Organized by GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center The Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. GSFC,... Aleya Littleton and Andy Wolt A concurrent tweetup at Goddard Goddard Space Flight Center The Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. GSFC,... was planned, but a large snow storm caused it to be cancelled. |
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| 5 | Nov 15-16, 2009 | STS-129 STS-129 -Crew seat assignments:-Mission payload:-ExPRESS Logistics Carriers 1 and 2:The primary payload of STS-129 was the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier and the ELC-2. The mass capacity of each ELC is with a volume of 30 meters cubed... Launch |
KSC Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA installation that has been the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for America's civilian space program... |
@Astro Mike, Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly), Jon Cowart (@Rocky_Sci), @MarsPhoenix's @VeronicaMcG, Miles O'Brien Miles O'Brien (journalist) Miles O'Brien is a broadcast news journalist specializing in aviation, space and technology.-Early life:... , Wayne Hale Wayne Hale N. Wayne Hale Jr. is a former NASA engineer. Previously a flight director and space shuttle program manager, Hale served as NASA's Deputy Associate Administrator for Strategic Partnerships prior to his retirement on July 31, 2010.... |
First tweetup at KSC First Shuttle Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons... launch tweetup First 2-day event |
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| 4 | Oct. 21, 2009 | ISS ISS The ISS is the International Space Station.ISS may also refer to:* I See Stars, an American electronic rock band* ISS A/S, a Danish service company* Idea Star Singer, a Malayalam music reality show by Asianet TV... Crew |
NASA HQ NASA Headquarters Two Independence Square, often referenced as NASA Headquarters, is a low-rise building in the two-building Independence Square complex at 300 E Street SW in Washington D.C. The building houses NASA leadership who provide overall guidance and direction to the US government executive branch agency... |
@Astro Nicole & @Astro Jeff aboard ISS International Space Station The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes... |
First tweetup featuring live downlink from ISS Link with ISS was cut short due to a false alarm aboard Station during tweetup. |
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| 3 | Sept. 24, 2009 | STS-127 STS-127 STS-127 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station . It was the twenty-third flight of . The primary purpose of the STS-127 mission was to deliver and install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Module: the Exposed Facility , and the Exposed Section of the... Crew |
NASA HQ NASA Headquarters Two Independence Square, often referenced as NASA Headquarters, is a low-rise building in the two-building Independence Square complex at 300 E Street SW in Washington D.C. The building houses NASA leadership who provide overall guidance and direction to the US government executive branch agency... |
@Astro 127 & the rest of STS-127 crew | 39 | |
| 2 | July 21, 2009 | STS-125 STS-125 STS-125, or HST-SM4 , was the fifth and final space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope .Launch occurred on 11 May 2009 at 2:01 pm EDT... Crew |
NASA HQ NASA Headquarters Two Independence Square, often referenced as NASA Headquarters, is a low-rise building in the two-building Independence Square complex at 300 E Street SW in Washington D.C. The building houses NASA leadership who provide overall guidance and direction to the US government executive branch agency... |
@Astro Mike & rest of STS-125 crew | First tweetup at NASA HQ | Unk |
| 1 | Jan. 21, 2009 | JPL Tweetup |
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena... |
@MarsPhoenix's @VeronicaMcG | First NASA tweetup First tweetup at JPL |
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Other space-related tweetups
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| 12 | October 11, 2011 | #EndeavourLA Launch Tweetup | California Science Center California Science Center The California Science Center is a state agency and museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles. Billed as the West Coast's largest hands-on science center, the California ScienCenter is a public-private partnership between the State and the California Science Center Foundation... |
Astronaut Mark Kelly (@ShuttleCDRKelly) and the STS-134 STS-134 STS-134 was the penultimate mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The mission marked the 25th and final flight of . This flight delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station. Mark Kelly served as the mission commander... crew. |
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| 11 | October 9, 2011 | SpaceTweetup in the Netherlands | ESTEC European Space Research and Technology Centre The European Space Research and Technology Centre is the European Space Agency's main technology development and test centre for spacecraft and space technology. It is situated in Noordwijk, South Holland, in the western Netherlands.... |
Franco Ongaro, Director of ESA's Technology Center ESTEC, astronaut Christer Fuglesang Christer Fuglesang Dr. Arne Christer Fuglesang is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on December 10, 2006, at 01:47 GMT, making him the first Swedish citizen in space.... (@CFuglesang) |
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| 10 | September 22, 2011 | CNES CNES The is the French government space agency . Established under President Charles de Gaulle in 1961, its headquarters are located in central Paris and it is under the supervision of the French Ministries of Defence and Research... Ariane VA204 Launch Tweetup |
CNES CNES The is the French government space agency . Established under President Charles de Gaulle in 1961, its headquarters are located in central Paris and it is under the supervision of the French Ministries of Defence and Research... , Evry, France |
Meet people in launcher management and secondary launch control center | Witness Ariane 5 flight VA204 launch from Le Kourou, from the Launcher Center in Evry, near Paris | 14 |
| 9 | September 18, 2011 | DLR German Aerospace Center The German Aerospace Center is the national centre for aerospace, energy and transportation research of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has multiple locations throughout Germany. Its headquarters are located in Cologne. It is engaged in a wide range of research and development projects in... & ESA European Space Agency The European Space Agency , established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states... First European Space Tweetup |
DLR site Cologne /ESA European Astronaut Center, Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the... , Germany |
Mike Fincke Greg Chamitoff Greg Johnson Paolo A.Nespoli Catherine Coleman Catherine Coleman Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman is an American chemist, a former United States Air Force officer, and a current NASA astronaut... Paolo Ferri, Alexander Soucek, Bob Meyer, Alois Himmes, Ed Trollope, Stephanie Schierholz, Beth Beck, Luca Parmitano Luca Parmitano Luca Parmitano is an astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency . The astronauts work on missions at the International Space Station. He was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009.... , Alexander Gerst Alexander Gerst Alexander Gerst is a European Space Agency astronaut having been selected in 2009 to undergo training. He studied at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, where he received a university degree in physics. He also studied Earth Science at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, where he... , Samantha Cristoforetti Samantha Cristoforetti Samantha Cristoforetti is an engineer, the third woman astronaut in the European Space Agency, and the first Italian woman astronaut.-Biography:... , Thomas Reiter Thomas Reiter Thomas Arthur Reiter is a retired European astronaut and is a Brigadier General in the Luftwaffe currently working as Director of Human Spaceflight and Operations at the European Space Agency . , he was one of the top 25 astronauts in terms of total time in space... , Jan Wörner, Michel Tognini Michel Tognini Michel Ange-Charles Tognini is a French test pilot, officer in the French Air Force, and a former CNES and ESA astronaut who currently serves as Head of the European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency. A veteran of two space flights, Tognini has logged a total of 19 days in space... |
See the SpaceTweetup wiki for details | 60 |
| 8 | September 8, 2011 | ATK #DM3 rocket ground test Tweetup | Promontory, Utah, USA | Alliant Techsystems Alliant Techsystems Alliant Techsystems Inc., most commonly known by its ticker symbol, ', is one of the largest aerospace and defense companies in the United States with more than 18,000 employees in 22 states, Puerto Rico and internationally, and 2010 revenues in excess of an estimated... |
Witness rocket ground test at ATK in Utah | ~25 |
| 7 | July 29, 2011 | New Space Tweetup | HackerDojo HackerDojo Hacker Dojo is a community center and hackerspace in Mountain View, California. Predominantly an open working space for software projects, the Dojo hosts a range of events from technology classes to biology, computer hardware, and manufacturing and is open to all types of hackers.- Organization... |
None (more of a party) | Sponsored by the Space Frontier Foundation Space Frontier Foundation The Space Frontier Foundation is a space advocacy nonprofit corporation organized to promote the interests of increased involvement of the private sector, in collaboration with government, in the exploration and development of space... |
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| 6 | July 8, 2011 same as STS135 launch |
Canadian Space Agency Tweetup | CSA HQ, Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada | Canadian Astronauts @Cmdr_Hadfield, @Astro_Jeremy, Julie Payette, @Astro_DavidS, Robert Thirsk and @AstroDaveMD; CSA officials Alain Berinstain, Benoît Marcotte | 32 | |
| 5 | July 6-8, 2011 during STS135 launch |
Space View Park Tweetup | Spaceview Park, Titusville, Florida, USA | NASA Tweetup hopefuls who did not receive a golden ticket but came to bid farewell to the Shuttle Program. | 200+registrants | |
| 4 | June 18, 2011 | National Air & Space Museum's Be a Pilot Day Tweetup | NASM Udvar Hazy Center | Jack Dailey, NASM Director |
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| 3 | June 2-3, 2011 | Space Camp United States Space Camp U.S. Space Camp is owned and operated by the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission d.b.a. U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. "Space Camp" refers to both the actual camp and a family of related camp programs offered year-round by the facility. The camp provides residential and... Tweetup |
Space Camp & MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center is the U.S. government's civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center. The largest center of NASA, MSFC's first mission was developing the Saturn launch vehicles for the Apollo moon program... |
@SpaceCampUSA, Astronaut Hoot Gibson Robert L. Gibson Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson is a retired Captain and Naval Aviator in the United States Navy and a retired NASA astronaut.-Personal:... , Tim Pickens |
Organized by U.S. Space Camp and the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, rather than NASA. | 13 |
| 2 | May 13, 2011 | Canadian Space Agency Tweetup - Launch of the Living in Space Exhibition | Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Canadian Astronauts @Cmdr_Hadfield, @Astro_Jeremy, Steve MacLean (CSA President), @Astro_DavidS and Robert Thirsk | Q&A Session with students and tweeps | 20 |
| 1 | Oct 27, 2010 | Tour & Tweet | Goddard Space Flight Center Goddard Space Flight Center The Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. GSFC,... |
Dr. James B. Garvin James B. Garvin Dr. James B Garvin served as NASA's Chief Scientist from October 2004 - September 2005 and is known for his foundational work in NASA's Mars explorational programs... , Chief Scientist |
Included tour of spacecraft testing facilities and earth sciences visualization labhttp://www.flickr.com/groups/1536515@N20/pool/with/5134749900/ | 12 |
External links
- Official site for NASA Tweetups - http://www.nasa.gov/connect/tweetup/index.html
- NASA Tweetup community wiki
- 9.88 gigapixel panoramic image of Juno Tweetup