NASA, SpaceX Announce NASA Social for Falcon 9 Launch Attempt

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April 2, 2012

Allard Beutel
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
allard.beutel@nasa.gov

Michael Braukus 
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1979
michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov

Kirstin Brost Grantham
Space Exploration Technologies, Hawthorne, Calif.
202-649-2716
kirstin@spacex.com

RELEASE: 12-103

NASA, SPACEX ANNOUNCE NASA SOCIAL FOR FALCON 9 LAUNCH ATTEMPT

WASHINGTON -- NASA and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will 
invite 50 of their social media followers to a two-day NASA Social 
April 29-30 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The event is 
expected to culminate in the launch of SpaceX's second Commercial 
Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flight. SpaceX's 
Falcon 9 rocket is targeted to lift off at 12:22 p.m. EDT on April 
30, in an attempt to become the first commercial company to send a 
spacecraft to the International Space Station.

Registration opens at noon EDT Thursday, April 5, and closes at noon 
Friday, April 6. Fifty participants will be selected from online 
registrations.

For more information on NASA Social and to register, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/social

A NASA Social is an event for people who use NASA's social media 
accounts. For this event, fans and followers on Twitter, Facebook and 
Google+ are eligible to register. Participants will have unique 
in-person experiences with SpaceX and NASA, which they are encouraged 
to share with others through their favorite social network. Guests 
will view the launch, tour NASA facilities at Kennedy, speak with 
representatives from both organizations, view the SpaceX launch pad, 
meet fellow space enthusiasts who are active on social media, and 
meet members of SpaceX and NASA's social media teams.

SpaceX will launch its Dragon spacecraft atop its Falcon 9 launch 
vehicle to test and prove its systems for a rendezvous with the space 
station. The flight's objectives include a fly-under of the station 
to validate operation of sensors and flight systems necessary for a 
safe rendezvous, berthing to the station and returning the Dragon 
spacecraft to Earth.

Because portions of this event may take place in restricted areas, 
registration is limited to U.S. citizens.

Since 2006, NASA's COTS program has invested financial and technical 
resources to stimulate private sector efforts to develop and 
demonstrate safe, reliable and cost-effective space transportation 
capabilities. In a multi-phase strategy, the program spurs the 
innovation and development of new spacecraft and launch vehicles from 
commercial industry to create a new system of delivering cargo to 
low-Earth orbit and the space station.

For more information about COTS, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/cots

To find all the ways to connect and collaborate with NASA, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/connect

To follow SpaceX on Twitter, visit:

http://www.twitter.com/SpaceX 

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station 

For more information about SpaceX or the Dragon spacecraft, visit:

http://www.spacex.com 

	
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