NASA will host a two-day NASA Social for 100 of its social media followers on Monday, Nov. 4, and Tuesday, Nov. 5, at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The event will highlight NASA and JPL’s role in studying Earth and its climate and will preview three missions JPL is preparing for launch in 2014 to study our home planet.
NASA Social participants will have the opportunity to:
- Interact with the scientists and engineers working on upcoming missions.
- Participate in hands-on demonstrations.
- Meet fellow space enthusiasts and members of NASA’s social media team.
- Get a behind-the-scenes tour of JPL, including:
- The Spacecraft Assembly Facility where hardware for upcoming Earth missions is currently under construction. This clean room is also where both Voyagers, Cassini and the Curiosity, Opportunity and Spirit Mars rovers were built and tested.
- The JPL Earth Science Center, where data from the agency’s Earth observing missions are showcased in interactive displays.
- The Mission Control Center of NASA’s Deep Space Network, where engineers communicate with spacecraft across the solar system and interstellar space.
- The JPL Mars Yard, where engineers and scientists test engineering models of NASA’s Curiosity rover in a sandy, Mars-like environment.
NASA Social registration opens at noon EDT Monday, Sept. 16, and closes at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18. NASA will randomly select at least 100 participants from online registrations.
