NASA And World Science Festival Host Special Tweetup In New York

WASHINGTON -- NASA and the World Science Festival are inviting Twitter followers to a unique behind-the-scenes Tweetup at 2 p.m. EDT on
Saturday, June 5, in New York City. The event will bring together 100
Twitter users with some of the world's best and brightest scientific
minds.

Tweetup attendees will have the opportunity to speak with festival
co-founder Brian Greene, Nobel-prize winning NASA astrophysicist John
C. Mather, and astronaut Leland Melvin, known as @Astro_Flow on
Twitter.

Registration is open from 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, May 21, to 10 a.m.,
Monday, May 24. NASA and the World Science Festival will randomly
select 100 participants from Web registrants. Additional applicants
will be placed on a waiting list. For more Tweetup and sign up
information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/tweetup

The Tweetup is just one of 40 special programs scheduled during the
third annual World Science Festival, which runs from June 2-6. The
Tweetup also will include a social session for participants to mingle
with fellow tweeps and the staff behind the tweets on @NASA and
@WorldSciFest.

To follow NASA programs on Twitter, visit:

http://www.twitter.com/NASA

To follow the World Science Festival on Twitter, visit:

http://www.twitter.com/WorldSciFest

Source: NASA