Stephanie L. Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington      
202-358-1100
stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov

Rebecca Powell
Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va.
757-824-1139
rebecca.h.powell@nasa.gov   


RELEASE: 11-315

NASA INVITES TWITTER AND FACEBOOK FANS TO A TWEETUP AT WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY

WASHINGTON -- Do you follow NASA on Twitter or "like" the space agency
on Facebook? If so, NASA invites you to register for a Tweetup and
behind-the-scenes tour of its Wallops Flight Facility. NASA will host
50 social media guests from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT on Oct. 21 at the
facility in Wallops Island, Va.

It is the first NASA Tweetup with registration open to the agency's
Twitter followers, Facebook fans and their guests.

The Wallops Flight Facility is home to NASA's suborbital and special
orbital missions; the agency's only owned and operated launch range;
and a research airport. Orbital Sciences Corp. will launch its Taurus
II vehicle from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops next
year as part of NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
agreement with the company.

Tweetup participants will interact with NASA experts, tour the
sounding rocket manufacturing facility, range control center, balloon
research laboratory, aircraft hangar and launch facilities.

Registration opens at 9 a.m., on Friday, Sept. 23, and closes at noon
on Monday, Sept. 26. NASA will randomly select 50 participants.

Because Wallops is a government facility with restricted access, the
event is open only to U.S. citizens.

For more information about the Tweetup and to register, visit:


http://www.nasa.gov/tweetup


For information about connecting and collaborating with NASA, visit:


http://www.nasa.gov/connect


For information about Wallops Fight Facility, visit:


http://www.nasa.gov/wallops