Posts Tagged ‘NASA tweetup’

SaveNASA Podcast Now Available!

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

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On November 25, 2009 Astronomy.FM hosted an “A Sky Full of Stars” program featuring @Neal Wiser of the #SaveNASA movement. Tavi Greiner, Rob Keown, and Michael Foerster joined Neal to discuss the challenges facing NASA and the need for grassroots outreach and education, while listeners contributed their comments and questions via the AFM meeting room and through twitter.

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Posted in Citizen Science, Cosmology, NASA, Outreach, Podcasts/Vidcasts, Social Media, Space Shuttle Missions, Twitter | 1 Comment »

Special Event: Of Pad Rats and SpaceTweeps

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

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11/18 Replay: We will be replaying this program on AFM*Radio at 0200 UT 11/19 (9pm ET 11/18).  An 8pmET pre-show will include music and the latest updates on the Mars Spirit rover and NASA mission STS-129.

11/15 Update: You can find the PDF for the audio presentation here.

A Sky Full of Stars is pleased to announce an AFM*Radio Special Event, featuring a virtual tour of NASA’s Launch Pad 39A!  Join us November 15, 2009, at 2100 EST (Nov. 16, 0200 UTC) for an exciting interview and Launch Pad photo tour with Jen and Andy Scheer (@flyingjenny & @apacheman), both of whom work with *NASA’s Space Shuttle program.

Jen is a Shuttle Technician and founder of the Space Tweep Society.  Andy is a cryogenics lead technician at Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Launch Pad 39A.  Our program will feature Jen and Andy’s narrated “walk-down” of Pad 39A (where Space Shuttle Atlantis awaits its Nov.16 launch) and a fun discussion about SpaceTweeps and life and work at KSC.

We’ll also feature a live pre-show call-in from Astronomy.FM’s Development Director, Louis Suarato (@LouisS), who will be on location at KSC as one of a select few individuals attending NASA’s two-day Launch Tweetup.  The pre-show starts at 2000 EST (0100 UTC) and will include music, Space and astronomy news, and #STS-129 mission coverage.

Watch for presentation links here, at Astronomy.FM, and on Twitter at @askyfullofstars, @keownrwk, @TaviGreiner, and @AstronomyFM.

* Jen and Andy will be participating in this event as individuals and not as representatives of NASA *

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Posted in Citizen Science, NASA, NEO, Podcasts/Vidcasts, Social Media, Space Shuttle Missions, Twitter, asteroids | 1 Comment »

Grassroots Outreach: STS-125 NASA Tweetup

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
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Washington, DC – It seemed like any other NASA press conference.  The James Webb Auditorium at NASA HQ in Washington D.C. was packed to the gills with men and women carrying cameras, laptops, cables, notepads, and all of the journalistic gear you’d expect.  We mingled for awhile, talking about the current ISS/Shuttle mission, the probable Jovian impact, and, of course, the 40th anniversary of man’s first steps on the moon.

A calm anticipation settled across the room as we waited for the day’s event to begin.  To our right, a woman picked up her knitting;  sitting nearby, A Sky Full of Stars co-author Tavi Greiner (aka @TaviGreiner) chatted with @egvick and @genejm29 about social media’s role in NASA outreach; and Rob Keown (@keownrwk) set about finding angles to shoot some images for this blog.

Then, NASA Public Affairs Officer John Yembrick stepped quietly up to the podium and uttered the words:

“Welcome to the 2nd NASA Tweetup!”

No, this wasn’t a press conference and the majority of people attending weren’t journalists; rather, this was a new kind of gathering and those in attendance were a more powerful agent for NASA: socially-networked-space-enthusiasts.  We had all successfully registered for 190 seats on July 1st, days after NASA announced the event.  Now we were here – most from the mid-Atlantic region, but some from as far as Spain, to walk hallowed ground with the beloved astronauts of STS-125, the final Hubble servicing mission!

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