WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2012 \/PRNewswire\/ --NASA invites its social media followers to a special event with astronaut Joe Acaba from 9 -11:30 a.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 4. The event will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW in Washington. <\/p>\n
(Logo: http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20081007\/38461LOGO<\/a> ) <\/p>\n Acaba launched to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft May 15. He spent 123 days aboard the orbiting laboratory as a flight engineer of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews. He returned to Earth Sept. 17 after four months off the planet. <\/p>\n NASA Socials are in-person meetings with people who engage with the agency through Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other social networks. This NASA Social is an opportunity to meet and speak with Acaba, the people behind NASA's social media accounts and other space-exploration-minded participants. <\/p>\n Registration for the event is open to NASA social media followers and their guests from noon EDT Tuesday, Oct. 30, until 5 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 5. NASA will select 150 participants by lottery from those who register online. Additional applicants will be placed on a waiting list. <\/p>\n Aboard the space station, Acaba supported the arrival of the first commercial resupply spacecraft, SpaceX's Dragon; an undocking, re-docking and final undocking demonstration of the Russian ISS Progress 47 cargo spacecraft; the first single-day launch-to-docking demonstration of a Progress; the arrival and departure of the third Japanese cargo ship; and served as intra-vehicular crew member for two U.S.-based spacewalks, helping to restore a critical power unit and exchange a faulty camera on the station's robotic arm. <\/p>\n Acaba participated in numerous scientific research experiments and performed regular maintenance and operational tasks aboard the orbiting complex. He also frequently tweeted on his Twitter account, @AstroAcaba, and participated in an #askStation TweetChat. <\/p>\n Acaba also flew aboard space shuttle Discovery in March 2009 during a space station assembly mission, during which he spent almost 13 hours performing two spacewalks. <\/p>\n To join and track the conversation online during the NASA Social, follow the hashtag #NASASocial. For more information on NASA Socials and to register, visit: <\/p>\n http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/social<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Read the original here:<\/p>\n NASA Hosts DC Social Media Event with Station Astronaut Joe Acaba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2012 \/PRNewswire\/ --NASA invites its social media followers to a special event with astronaut Joe Acaba from 9 -11:30 a.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. Continue reading