[meteorite-list] Tweetup At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Previews 2011 Missions

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 17:57:23 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201106020057.p520vNpu006095_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

June 01, 2011

Stephanie L. Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-4997
stephanie.schierholz at nasa.gov

Veronica McGregor
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-354-9452
veronica.c.mcgregor at jpl.nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: 11-109

TWEETUP AT NASA'S JET PROPULSION LABORATORY PREVIEWS 2011 MISSIONS

PASADENA, Calif. -- News media representatives are invited to cover a
Tweetup hosted by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,
Calif., on Monday, June 6. More than 100 NASA Twitter followers, who
registered in April, will attend the event.

With four NASA/JPL space missions launching in 2011 and an asteroid
belt encounter nearly under way, this year will be one of the busiest
ever in planetary exploration. Tweetup participants will interact
with JPL scientists and engineers about these upcoming missions:
Aquarius, to study ocean salinity; Grail, to study the moon's gravity
field; Juno to Jupiter; and the Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity
rover. Tweetup participants also will learn about the Dawn mission
and its planned encounter with the asteroid Vesta.

The Tweetup will take place from approximately 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
PDT. It will include a tour of JPL, hands-on demonstrations and a
last chance to see the Curiosity rover before it ships to Florida for
its launch in the fall. Tour stops will include the Spacecraft
Assembly Facility, where Curiosity is undergoing assembly and
testing, the mission control center of NASA's Deep Space Network, and
JPL's new Earth Science Center.

NASA Television will broadcast portions of the Tweetup from 8:15 -
10:30 a.m. PDT and again from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. PDT on June 6 at:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

and

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

Tweetup participants will mingle with fellow attendees and the staff
behind _at_NASA, @NASAJPL, @MarsRovers, @AsteroidWatch and other NASA
social media accounts.

NASA's first Tweetup was held at JPL on Jan. 21, 2009, and NASA
Headquarters held its first on July 21, 2009. The most recent event
was at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for the space shuttle Endeavour's
final launch. Following JPL's June event, the next NASA Tweetup will
be July 7-8 at Kennedy for the Space Shuttle Program's final launch.
Registration for that Tweetup is open from noon EDT Wednesday, June
1, through noon Thursday, June 2, at:

http://www.nasa.gov/tweetup


ACCREDITATION
News media representatives who would like to cover the June 6 Tweetup
must RSVP in advance to JPL Media Relations at 818-354-5011. Non-U.S.
citizens also must bring valid passports.

WEB COVERAGE
Follow the conversation before and during the June 6 event on Twitter
by using the hashtag #NASATweetup and following the _at_NASAJPL,
_at_JPLTweetup, and @NASATweetup accounts.

Find all the ways to connect and collaborate with NASA at:

http://www.nasa.gov/connect

For more information about Aquarius, Grail, Juno, the Curiosity rover,
Dawn and NASA's other science missions, visit:

http://science.nasa.gov
        
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Received on Wed 01 Jun 2011 08:57:23 PM PDT