NASA Plans Earth Day Tweetup on the National Mall in Washington

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host its first Earth Day Tweetup on the
National Mall in Washington with @NASA Twitter followers and NASA
scientists on April 18 at 1 p.m. EDT.

The event will be part of a weeklong series of exhibits and activities
on the National Mall marking the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. The
Tweetup will provide NASA Twitter followers with the opportunity to
talk with NASA Earth and climate scientists, producers of NASA's
Earth imagery and the staff behind the agency's tweets.

Registration opens at noon on Monday, April 5, and closes at 5 p.m. on
Tuesday, April 6. NASA will randomly select 100 individuals from a
pool of online registrants. Additional registrants will be added to a
waiting list.

For more information and to sign up, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/tweetup

To follow NASA programs on Twitter, visit:

http://www.twitter.com/nasa

To access NASA's social media activities, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/connect

Source: NASA