International Space University "Public Face of Space" Symposium in Strasbourg, France. Poster session. New beginnings for NASA using Twitter as a social media tool.

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Twittersphere: Social Space Frontier
Photo by @MoonRangerLaura
Beth Beck, NASA Headquarters Space Operations Outreach Program Manager
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Social media enables a new conversation about space.
Welcome to the Social Space Frontier!
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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…
…and about what happens upon returning to gravity.
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@Astro_TJ Creamer hooks up internet access on Space Station.
Tweets live from space for the 1st time.
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Japanese astronaut @Astro_Soichi tweets images of Earth with pithy comments.
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@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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Post-mission tweet-ups with STS-119 & STS-125 astronauts at NASA Headquarters.
STS-125 tweet-up
STS-119 tweet-up
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NASA hosted a 2-day tweet-up at the STS-129 launch in Florida.
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Tweeters attending the STS-129 tweet-up toured facilities, learned about
human spaceflight, and experienced a launch.
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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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STS-129 L-0 launch day accommodations for tweeters at the press site.
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STS-129 tweet-up: tweets from around the world. NASA hit #3 on Twitter trends.
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Success of STS-125 tweet-up caused non-social media folks to take notice.
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External community takes notice of NASA’s social media success.
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External community continues to take notice of NASA’s social media success.
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Current list of Twitternauts found on NASA’s facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/nasa.gov
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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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