NASA Tweetup Gives Public Birds-Eye View Of Space Shuttle Mission

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WASHINGTON -- For the first time, NASA Twitter followers can
personally go inside the heart of a space shuttle mission at the
agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA is hosting a unique
Tweetup on Wednesday, Feb. 17 during Endeavour's STS-130 mission to
the International Space Station. Endeavour is targeted to launch on
Sunday, Feb. 7.

"We're excited to be hosting NASA's sixth Tweetup," said NASA
astronaut Mike Massimino, who also is known as @astro_Mike. "This is
the home of all of the astronauts and the historic Mission Control
Center. It's an outstanding location to provide our Twitter community
with an insider's view of human spaceflight. I'll be on one of the
two mission control teams working at that time to keep Endeavour and
space station operating safely. Hopefully a few of my Twitter
followers can participate in this exciting event."

NASA will randomly select 100 individuals on Twitter from a pool of
registrants who sign up on the Web. An additional 50 registrants will
be added to a waitlist. Registration opens at noon EST on Tuesday,
Jan. 26, and closes at noon EST Wednesday, Jan. 27. For more
information about the Tweetup and to sign up, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/tweetup

The event will provide NASA Twitter followers with the opportunity to
take a tour of Johnson; view mission control and astronauts' training
facilities; and speak with flight directors, trainers, astronauts and
managers. The Tweetup will include a "meet and greet" session to
allow participants to mingle with fellow Tweeps and the staff behind
the tweets on @NASA.

To follow NASA programs and astronauts on Twitter visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/collaborate

For more information about space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 mission,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

Source: NASA