NASA Hosts DC Social Media Event With Station Astronaut Joe Acaba

Oct. 29, 2012

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NASA HOSTS DC SOCIAL MEDIA EVENT WITH STATION ASTRONAUT JOE ACABA

WASHINGTON -- NASA invites its social media followers to a special
event with astronaut Joe Acaba from 9 -11:30 a.m. EST Tuesday, Dec.
4. The event will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium
at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW in Washington.

Acaba launched to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz
spacecraft May 15. He spent 123 days aboard the orbiting laboratory
as a flight engineer of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews. He returned
to Earth Sept. 17 after four months off the planet.

NASA Socials are in-person meetings with people who engage with the
agency through Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other social networks.
This NASA Social is an opportunity to meet and speak with Acaba, the
people behind NASA's social media accounts and other
space-exploration-minded participants.

Registration for the event is open to NASA social media followers and
their guests from noon EDT Tuesday, Oct. 30, until 5 p.m. EST Monday,
Nov. 5. NASA will select 150 participants by lottery from those who
register online. Additional applicants will be placed on a waiting
list.

Aboard the space station, Acaba supported the arrival of the first
commercial resupply spacecraft, SpaceX's Dragon; an undocking,
re-docking and final undocking demonstration of the Russian ISS
Progress 47 cargo spacecraft; the first single-day launch-to-docking
demonstration of a Progress; the arrival and departure of the third
Japanese cargo ship; and served as intra-vehicular crew member for
two U.S.-based spacewalks, helping to restore a critical power unit
and exchange a faulty camera on the station's robotic arm.

Acaba participated in numerous scientific research experiments and
performed regular maintenance and operational tasks aboard the
orbiting complex. He also frequently tweeted on his Twitter account,
@AstroAcaba, and participated in an #askStation TweetChat.

Acaba also flew aboard space shuttle Discovery in March 2009 during a
space station assembly mission, during which he spent almost 13 hours
performing two spacewalks.

To join and track the conversation online during the NASA Social,
follow the hashtag #NASASocial. For more information on NASA Socials
and to register, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/social

Acaba's Twitter account is:

https://twitter.com/AstroAcaba

Acaba's biography is available at:

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/acaba-jm.html

For information about connecting and collaborating with NASA, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/connect


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