Sept 23, 2011

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington
202-358-4997 stephanie schierholz@nasa gov RELEASE: 11-324

NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE CREW MEMBERS HOST TWEETUP IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON -- NASA invites its Twitter followers to a special Tweetup with Sandy Magnus and Chris Ferguson at 4 p m EDT on Thursday, Oct 13 The event will be in the James E Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St SW, Washington

Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim were the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis for the 13-day STS-135 mission Atlantis launched July 8 and landed July 21, completing NASA's final space shuttle mission, after a journey of more than five million miles

The crew delivered more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and other supplies in the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module -- including 2,677 pounds of food -- that will sustain space station operations for the next year

The 21-foot long, 15-foot diameter Raffaello brought back nearly 5,700 pounds of unneeded materials from the station STS-135 was the 135th and final shuttle flight

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 STS-135 crew members, the people behind NASA's Twitter account and other space-exploration-minded participants

Registration for the event is open from 10 a m EDT, Thursday, Sept 29, until 5 p m on Friday, Sept 30 NASA randomly will select 150 participants from online registrants For more NASA Tweetup information and to sign up, visit:

http://www nasa gov/tweetup

To connect with NASA on Twitter and other social networking sites, visit:

http://www nasa gov/connect

All four of Atlantis' crew members are posting updates to Twitter You can follow Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim at:

http://www twitter com/Astro_Ferg

http://www twitter com/Astro_Doug

http://www twitter com/Astro_Sandy

http://www twitter com/Astro_Rex

For more information about shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135

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