NASA's Twitter Account Wins Back-to-Back Shorty Awards

By Press Release, on April 10th, 2013

Photo Credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech

WASHINGTON — NASA’s official Twitter feed, @NASA, has won its second consecutive Shorty Award for the best government use of social media.

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Remotes, Tweetups, and Rockets: Preparing for Launch

By Jason Rhian, on March 27th, 2013

[youtube_video]http://youtu.be/4wPMGH1diLc[/youtube_video]

Video courtesy of AmericaSpace

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — Covering the space program is an amazing experience. There is a tremendous amount of effort that has to go on behind the scenes to bring the sheer power, the thrill, and the spectacle of launch to the public. Do not think for […]

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NASA Official: Rumors Wrong, New 'Socials' to Be Planned, Held

By Jason Rhian, on March 22nd, 2013

Image Credit: NASA

A re-post of a NASA memo that appeared on NASA Watch, SpaceRef, and later Universe Today suggested NASA will not be creating new versions of the highly-popular social media events known as “Socials.” This created a bit of an uproar from fans of these events. The belief that “Sequestration will […]

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ULA Hosts First Tweetup, Prepares to Launch Atlas Rocket

By Jason Rhian, on March 18th, 2013

United Launch Alliance hosted the first half of its two-day “Tweetup” today. The second half will take place tomorrow during launch activities for the Atlas V 401 rocket carrying the SBIRS GEO-2 spacecraft. Photo Credit: Jeffrey J. Soulliere

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — United Launch Alliance (ULA) conducted its first “Tweetup” today at Cape […]

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NASA, SpaceX Select March 1 for Next Cargo Resupply Services Flight

By Jason Rhian, on February 14th, 2013

NASA has announced a planned March 1, 2013, launch date for the next mission under the space agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract. The mission will be carried out by a Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. Photo Credit: NASA

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NASA's Associate Administrator for Communications Talks Tweetups and Socials

By Jason Rhian, on December 7th, 2012

[youtube_video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKl_ojl2hjc&feature=share&list=UULYgjjg_-fyQwR-XgQ0JAXQ[/youtube_video]

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Bob Jacobs (if you get the chance to meet him, be sure not to call him Robert) looks more like a linebacker than a NASA official. Then he speaks, a deep bass that demonstrates why he was such a success in radio. He now works for […]

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