NASA Hosts Social Media Event to Welcome Endeavour to California

Aug. 27, 2012

John Yembrick/Jason Townsend
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1584/202-358-0359
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-163

NASA HOSTS SOCIAL MEDIA EVENT TO WELCOME ENDEAVOUR TO CALIFORNIA

WASHINGTON -- To welcome space shuttle Endeavour to Southern
California, NASA is inviting 40 of its social media followers to a
NASA Social Sept. 19-20 at the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center
at Edwards Air Force Base. Parts of the social will be carried live
on NASA Television and the agency's website.

Endeavour is expected to land at Dryden on Sept. 19 and depart Sept.
20 for Los Angeles International Airport, where it will remain in a
hangar until its transfer in October to a permanent home at the
California Science Center.

During the two-day event, people who engage with NASA through Twitter,
Facebook and Google+ will have a rare opportunity to see the landing
and departure of Endeavour as it rides piggyback on NASA's 747
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Participants also will speak with experts,
tour shuttle support vehicles and other NASA aircraft, and interact
with fellow NASA social media followers, space enthusiasts and
members of NASA's social media team.

The NASA Social registration opens at noon EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 28, and
closes at noon EDT, Thursday, Aug. 30. Forty participants will be
selected randomly from online registrations. 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

To join and track the conversation online during the NASA Socials,
follow the hashtag #NASASocial. Use and reference the #OV105 hashtag
to follow Endeavour's cross country journey.

For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more about Dryden Flight Research Center, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/dryden

For information about Endeavour's arrival at the California Science
Center, visit:

http://www.californiasciencecenter.org

For information about connecting and collaborating with NASA, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/connect


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