NASA Hosts First Social Media Event at Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex

Aug. 23, 2012

John Yembrick / Jason Townsend
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1584 / 202-358-0359
john.yembrick@nasa.gov / jason.c.townsend@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-158

NASA HOSTS FIRST SOCIAL MEDIA EVENT AT GOLDSTONE DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATIONS COMPLEX

WASHINGTON -- Sixty-five of NASA's social media followers will have a
rare opportunity to tour the agency's Goldstone Deep Space
Communications Complex in California's Mojave Desert during a NASA
Social on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012.

Goldstone is one of three NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) complexes
strategically placed around the world. The complex provides the
ability to communicate with spacecraft not only in orbit around
Earth, but also in the farther reaches of our solar system.

People who engage with NASA through Twitter, Facebook and Google+ also
will travel to Apollo Valley to see the historic Apollo antenna and
34-meter Beam Waveguide Cluster antennas; take a trip to Mars Valley,
home of the large 70-meter Mars antenna (230-foot dish); the 34-meter
Uranus antenna and Signal Processing Center 10; and the Spacecraft
Operations Control Center. Participants will have an opportunity to
speak with scientists, engineers and other team members from NASA and
Goldstone. They also will interact with fellow NASA social media
followers, space enthusiasts and members of NASA's social media team.


The 65 participants will be selected randomly from online
registrations for this NASA Social. Registration opens at noon EDT,
Wednesday, Aug. 29, and closes at noon Friday, Aug. 31. Because of
space limitations, those selected to attend may not bring a guest.
Each participant must be a U.S. citizen, age 18 or older. For more
information on NASA Socials and to register, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/social

For information about the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex,
visit:

http://www.gdscc.nasa.gov

For more about NASA's Deep Space Network, visit:

http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn

For information about connecting and collaborating with NASA, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/connect


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