Philadelphia Resident One of 150 Selected to Attend NASA Tweetup for Last Space Shuttle Launch

July 7, 2011 in Philadelphia with 1 Comment

Shareef Jackson loves him some spaceships, and NASA took notice.

The West Philadelphia resident is one of 150 of NASA’s Twitter followers that’s been invited to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-day Tweetup, taking place July 8th and 9th. They’ll be at the final launch of Atlantis before the space shuttle program is retired.

These 150 folks will be tweeting history as it happens. You can view a full list of the tweetup attendees here, but really, why bother? Follow the Philadelphian.

Jackson will be interacting with shuttle technicians, engineers, managers, and event the astronauts over the next two days. He’ll tour the Kennedy Space Center and watch the launch from the media area. I’m looking forward to a lot of Twitpics, Jackson.

Atlantis is scheduled to launch on July 8th at around 11:40am, on mission STS-135 to the International Space Station. Follow Jackson for real time updates. I know I will!

For more information on the NASA Tweetup, visit NASA’s official website.

About Eric: Eric spends most of his time writing, taking pictures, reading, and hanging out with his (somewhat famous) chinchilla Mittens and bunny Rory. He teaches writing and literature at some local Philadelphia colleges and works in publishing. He knows absolutely nothing about sports, and is proud of it.

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