Oct 29, 2012

John Yembrick/Jason Townsend Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1584/202-358-0359 john yembrick@nasa gov jason c townsend@nasa gov

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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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