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NASA Live Tweetup Event with International Space Station (200910210002HQ), originally uploaded by nasa hq photo.

Today and tomorrow I’ll be here at Cape Canaveral, Fl at the first ever KSC hosted NASA Tweetup. I’ve already been to two out of three of the NASA HQ events (it’s helpful to live just across the river from DC) and am very excited about watching Space Shuttle mission STS-129 launch tomorrow.

You can play along from home if you like!

The UStream link for today’s broadcast of the Tweetup is:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-tweetup

(You will hear a tone and see color bars until the broadcast)

Remember, the Tweetup will be broadcast from 8-10 a.m. EST on Sunday, Nov. 15.

And the weekend’s schedules are:

Sunday, Nov. 15/L-1: Day 1

• 8 a.m. — Program begins with welcome by John Yembrick (@NASA), NASA public affairs officer
• 8:10 a.m. — Jon Cowart, Ares I-X deputy mission manager
• 8:40 a.m. — Wayne Hale, strategic program planning manager
• 9 a.m. — Mike Massimino (@Astro_Mike), astronaut, STS-109 & 125
• 9:30 a.m. — Veronica McGregor (@veronicamcg), public affairs, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• 9:40 a.m. — Miles O’Brien (@milesobrien), veteran space reporter, former CNN anchor
• 10 a.m.-12:15 p.m. — Free time at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (Shuttle Launch Experience, gift shop, lunch on your own, etc.)
• 12:30 p.m. — Buses depart for tour of Kennedy Space Center. For the tour, you must wear long pants and closed, low-heeled shoes. Tank tops are not permitted.
• ~3:30 p.m. — Return to Visitor Center parking lot

Nov. 16/Launch: Day 2

• 8:30 a.m. — Meet at KARS Park 1, located on the south portion of Kennedy Space Center on East Hall Road, off State Road 3, to clear security and board buses
• 9:30 a.m. — Depart KARS Park enroute to the Launch Complex 39 press site at Kennedy Space Center via buses. No personal vehicles will be allowed onto Kennedy Space Center on launch day.
• 10 a.m. — Arrive at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 Press Site
• 2:28 p.m. — Launch of STS-129
• 3:30 p.m. — Post-launch news conference on NASA TV (you’ll be able to watch/listen to some of this from the tent before boarding the buses)
• ~4 p.m. — Board buses (the schedule could change in the event of a contingency)
• ~4:15 p.m. — Buses depart Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 Press Site to return attendees to KARS Park