Posts Tagged "NASATweetup"

Encourage STEM and Watch Girls Achieve their Dreams

Posted on Aug 16, 2012 in Cool Stuff Others are Doing, Social Media | 0 comments

Al Chen, MSL Flight Dynamics and Operations Lead and Betina Pavri, System Engineer for Mars Science Laboratory Discusses Curiosity Engineering During Nov. 2011's NASA Tweetup

During the wee hours of August 6, I was curled up on my sofa with CNN on my television and NASA TV on my iPad, waiting for Curiosity, the Mars rover, to land. More than eight months prior on November 26, 2011, I had the honor of participating in a NASA Tweetup (now NASA Social) to learn more about the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission then watch Curiosity launch atop a rocket.

#NASATweetup: Lift Off One Year Ago

Posted on May 16, 2012 in Florida Fun, Social Media | 1 comment

Space Shuttle Endeavour Punches the Sky on Final Mission, Kennedy Space Center, Fla., May 16, 2011

#NASATweetup: NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System in 3-D

Posted on Dec 8, 2011 in Cool Stuff Others are Doing, Social Media, Travel Resources | 0 comments

Doug Ellison of Jet Propulsion Laboratory Demonstrates Eyes on the Solar System to NASA Tweetup Participants, Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Nov. 25, 2011

Totally Gnarly! Viewing Our Solar System in 3-D

Hop an asteroid, get up close to a satellite and see the ENTIRE Solar System move in real time or see it move in four days per second with NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System. It’s a pretty cool 3-D look at the universe compiled with real NASA mission data. The program, compatible on most operating systems (Windows and Mac OS X are okay but sorry Linux users, you’re out of luck right now), looks at 100 years in space from 1950 to 2050. Doug Ellison, Visualization Producer for Jet Propulsion Laboratory and founder of Unmannedspaceflight.com, introduced the website to participants of the Nov. 25 NASA Tweetup at Kennedy Space Center.

Wordless Wednesday: #NASATweetup Lift Off to Mars

Posted on Dec 7, 2011 in Snapshots, Social Media, Solo Adventures | 0 comments

Me (Right) with My Brother and Sister at Kennedy Space Center, Summer 1981

More posts about the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) NASA Tweetup (Nov. 25 & 26, 2011) will follow soon but in the meantime, enjoy these snapshots. Additional photos can be found on my Flickr account.

Oh, and don’t ya just love this retro photo of me and my siblings at the Kennedy Space Center from 1981? Pretty awesome and yet, 30 years later, NASA still excites me, maybe even more.

#NASATweetup: Rock Star will.i.am Partners with NASA, Has a S.Y.S.T.E.M. to Make Science and Technology Cool

Posted on Nov 27, 2011 in Fuzzies, Gadgets & Stuff, Social Media | 0 comments

Lars Perkins, will.i.am, Lori Garver, Leland Melvin, Bill Nye the Science Guy Talk STEM during NASA Tweetup, Kennedy Space Center, Nov. 26, 2011

We are great explorers, we are an exploring species.

~ Lori Garver, Deputy Administrator of NASA

Justin Timberlake may have brought sexy back but rock star will.i.am is making science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) rock-and-roll-cool with a S.Y.S.T.E.M., stimulating youth around science technology engineering mathematics.

Coinciding with the launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, the space agency invited the musician and technology advocate to share his enthusiasm during NASA Tweetup on November 25 and 26, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Science is Rock and Roll
The Black Eyed Peas front man told 150 NASA Twitter followers (including me!), who traveled from 10 countries and 37 states, “I realized when it comes to science and pop culture most people don’t think it’s cool.”