July 09, 2010

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie schierholz@nasa gov

RELEASE: 10-164

FIRST NASA ASTRONAUT TO SEND LIVE TWEET FROM SPACE HOSTS TWEETUP

WASHINGTON -- NASA invites its Twitter followers to a special Tweetup with astronaut T J Creamer at 3 p m EDT on Thursday, July 29 The event will take place in the James E Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St SW, Washington

While in space, Creamer set up the International Space Station's live Internet connection He posted updates about the mission to his Twitter account and sent the first live tweet from the orbiting outpost

A Tweetup is an informal meeting of people who use the social messaging medium Twitter This NASA Tweetup is an opportunity to meet and speak with Creamer, the people behind NASA's Twitter account, and other space-exploration-minded participants

Registration for the event is open from noon EDT, Friday, July 9 until 5 p m on Tuesday, July 13 NASA randomly will select 100 participants from web registrants Additional applicants will be placed on a waiting list For more NASA Tweetup information and to sign up, visit:

http://www nasa gov/tweetup

Creamer spent 161 days living aboard the station as part of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews He launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in December 2009 and returned to Earth June 2, 2010 Creamer's Twitter account is:

http://www twitter com/Astro_TJ

For Creamer's complete biography, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios/htmlbios/creamer html

To find and follow NASA programs on Twitter, visit:

http://www nasa gov/connect

-end-

To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@mediaservices nasa gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@mediaservices nasa gov

The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription:

You are subscribed to the following list: [list_name]

using the following email: example@example.com

You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL:

https://aus-city com/cgi-bin/dada/mail cgi/u/NASA_REPORTS/example/example com/

If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism

You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen:

<[program_url]/list/[list]>

If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at:

<mailto:[list_owner_email]>

The following physical address is associated with this mailing list:

[physical_address]