nasa twittersphere: social space frontier

Beth Beck, NASA Headquarters Space Operations Outreach Program Manager

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Twittersphere: Social Space Frontier

Photo by @MoonRangerLaura

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Social media enables a new conversation about space.

Welcome to the Social Space Frontier!

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration STS-125 mission marked 1st Space Shuttle Social Media Event.

Public responds enthusiastically!

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STS-125 astronaut Mike Massimino agrees to be the 1st Twitternaut. His first tweet makes a splash.

@Astro_Mike sent his tweets down to Earth for posting by ground crew.

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@Astro_Mike tweets eloquently about life off planet Earth…

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…and about what happens upon returning to gravity.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration @Astro_TJ Creamer hooks up internet access on Space Station.

Tweets live from space for the 1st time.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Japanese astronaut @Astro_Soichi tweets images of Earth with pithy comments.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration @Astro_TJ Creamer and team hook up live webcam inside Space Station.

The camera runs 24/7 except during crew time off.

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@Astro_Mike hosted our 1st post-mission U-stream tweet-up.

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Space Station downlink tweet-up at NASA Headquarters: @Astro_Jeff Williams and @Astro_Nicole Stott.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Post-mission tweet-ups with STS-119 & STS-125 astronauts at NASA Headquarters.

STS-119 tweet-up

STS-125 tweet-up

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NASA hosted a 2-day tweet-up at the STS-129 launch in Florida.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Tweeters attending the STS-129 tweet-up toured facilities, learned about

human spaceflight, and experienced a launch.

Photo of @AstroGerly by @OutdoorType

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STS-129 L-1 tweet-up speakers U-streamed live from Kennedy Space Center.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration STS-129 L-0 launch day accommodations for tweeters at the press site.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration STS-129 tweet-up: tweets from around the world. NASA hit #3 on Twitter trends.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Success of STS-125 tweet-up caused non-social media folks to take notice.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration External community takes notice of NASA’s social media success.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration External community continues to take notice of NASA’s social media success.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Current list of Twitternauts found on NASA’s facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/nasa.gov

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA’s social media portfolio is easily accessible on NASA.gov/connect.

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Art by NASA’s Jim Hull

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