#nasatweetup

I cannot believe people squeeze into these to fly into space. As our guides kept pointing out, the design is very spartan, very efficient, and very Russian.

My Badge! I'm Official!

Our NASA Tweetup included a tour of Kennedy Space Center with a stop at the touristy and fun Saturn V center. Moon rocks, this Apollo capsule and other artifacts from the moon program are on display in a vault-style museum.

one side of the solar panels powering juno for it's trip to jupiter

Yes, that's a real spacesuit glove!

one side of the solar panels powering juno for it's trip to jupiter

taken shortly before the official group photo from the NASA tweetup event at the STS-129 launch

A picture. Of me. With LeVar Burton. *fangirl moment*

2011-04-28 18:34:00

With the STS-133 launch delay beard.