Sept 20, 2011

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

Rebecca Powell Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va 757-824-1139 rebecca h powell@nasa gov

RELEASE: 11-315

NASA INVITES TWITTER AND FACEBOOK FANS TO A TWEETUP AT WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY

WASHINGTON -- Do you follow NASA on Twitter or "like" the space agency on Facebook? If so, NASA invites you to register for a Tweetup and behind-the-scenes tour of its Wallops Flight Facility NASA will host 50 social media guests from 9 a m to 3:30 p m EDT on Oct 21 at the facility in Wallops Island, Va

It is the first NASA Tweetup with registration open to the agency's Twitter followers, Facebook fans and their guests

The Wallops Flight Facility is home to NASA's suborbital and special orbital missions; the agency's only owned and operated launch range; and a research airport Orbital Sciences Corp will launch its Taurus II vehicle from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops next year as part of NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services agreement with the company

Tweetup participants will interact with NASA experts, tour the sounding rocket manufacturing facility, range control center, balloon research laboratory, aircraft hangar and launch facilities

Registration opens at 9 a m , on Friday, Sept 23, and closes at noon on Monday, Sept 26 NASA will randomly select 50 participants

Because Wallops is a government facility with restricted access, the event is open only to U S citizens

For more information about the Tweetup and to register, visit:

http://www nasa gov/tweetup

For information about connecting and collaborating with NASA, visit:

http://www nasa gov/connect

For information about Wallops Fight Facility, visit:

http://www nasa gov/wallops

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