April 21, 2011

Stephanie L Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie schierholz@nasa gov

Veronica McGregor Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif 818-354-9452 veronica c mcgregor@jpl nasa gov

RELEASE: 11-122

TWEETUP AT NASA'S JPL PREVIEWS MISSIONS TO MARS, JUPITER AND MORE

PASADENA, Calif -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif , will host a Tweetup for approximately 120 Twitter followers on Monday, June 6

With four space missions launching this year and an asteroid belt encounter nearly underway, 2011 will be one of the busiest ever in planetary exploration Tweetup participants will interact with JPL scientists and engineers about these upcoming missions: Aquarius, to study ocean salinity; Grail, to study the moon's gravity field; Juno to Jupiter; and the Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity rover Participants also will learn about the Dawn mission and its upcoming encounter with the asteroid Vesta

The Tweetup will include a tour of JPL, robotics demonstrations and a last chance to see the Curiosity rover before it ships to Florida to prepare for a November launch Tour stops will include the Spacecraft Assembly Facility where Curiosity is under construction, the mission control center of NASA's Deep Space Network, and JPL's new Earth Science Visitor Center

Tweetup participants also will mingle with fellow attendees and the staff behind the tweets on @NASA, @NASAJPL, @MarsRovers, @AsteroidWatch and more

Registration for the event opens at noon PDT on Tuesday, April 26, and it closes at noon on Wednesday, April 27 For more information about the Tweetup and to sign up, visit:

http://www nasa gov/tweetup

NASA Television will broadcast portions of the Tweetup on June 6 at:

http://www ustream tv/channel/nasa-hd-tv

and

http://www ustream tv/nasajpl2

Find all the ways to connect and collaborate with NASA at:

http://www nasa gov/connect

For more information about JPL, visit:

http://www nasa gov/jpl

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