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

[Ron Baalke]

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 @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 @NASAJPL, 
@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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