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On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
I got to pose with the SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon on the launchpad at the SpaceX NASA Social on May 18, 2012. Photo credit: Crystal Coleman
Evening before CRS-2 launch (February 28, 2013) at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS)
James and other Twitter users and bloggers hear about future Deep Space Network plans, such as ways to use delay tolerant networking to extend Internet-like networks to the planets, and optical comms that could allow live video steams from Mars!
Hyperwall presentation with NASA Assistant Director for Science Michelle Thaller discussing the capabilities and necessities of the GMP (Global Precipitation Measurement) satellite.
Hyperwall presentation with NASA Assistant Director for Science Michelle Thaller discussing the capabilities and necessities of the GMP (Global Precipitation Measurement) satellite.
Our graphics visualization lab models aeronautic and deep space conceptson 3D, virtual reality and augmented reality platforms.
Ryan Puri, 10th grader, speaks to SpaceX NASA Social attendees about his team's science project, heading to the International Space Station on the SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon on May 19th. Photo credit: Crystal Coleman
Building and assembly of the James Webb Space Telescope in the world's largest cleanroom at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Assembled socialistas watch the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new outdoor museum at NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California's Mojave Desert.
The sun rises over the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canveral Air Force Station. The structure off-center to the right is Launch Complex 37 where a Delta IV Heavy rocket is ready to launch with NASA's Orion spacecraft. This photo was taken from the OSB II balcony near the Vehicle Assembly Building
Mars Curiosity rover flight systems engineer Ann Devereaux regaling us with the tale of the thrilling landing we all saw. Here's the thing: it wasn't luck; it was engineering. In her presentation, she explained how the rover calls home using the radios she helped design.
Visit Goldstone: www.ridingwithrobots.org/2012/11/goldstone/
Lift-off of United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying the MAVEN probe to Mars.
Captured on 11/18/13 at approximately 1:28PM ET.
Shannon holds some hardware from the Dawn asteroid mission [link]. At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California