The social media team over at DLR have posted a very good analysis of the initial results from last year’s DLR/ESA SpaceTweetup. While this may largely be of interest to policy wonks, number crunchers and stats hounds, the results are a very interesting indicator of the value of social media tools and platforms for space communication. Click on the word cloud below to access the post via Pinterest.
The social media team over at DLR have posted a very good analysis of the initial results from last year’s DLR/ESA SpaceTweetup. While this may largely be of interest to policy wonks, number crunchers and stats hounds, the xxx
There is a nice post over at Beth Beck’s blog today giving her 2011 ‘Top 10 Favourite Pictures’.
These include, of course, some great Shuttle and NASA Tweetup pictures (think lift-offs and marriage proposals) – as well as a few from this side of the ocean: Caffè latte at the ESRIN Tweetup and the super-cool Technical Barbies (thanks @DataChick!) at the 1st DLR/ESA SpaceTweetup in September – with @Astro_Luca in the background.
Technical Barbies in front of Astro Luca. And is that a Canadian flag..?
Good choices, Beth! And Happy 2012 to everyone…
The NASA/DLR 747SP SOFIA departing Stuttgart, Germany, on runway 25, on 21 September 2011. Courtesy 13BigLu13. Nice clip also available from mannii2811.
Today, ESA joins the launch of ‘YouTube Space Lab’, an exciting campaign initiated by YouTube, NASA, Space Adventures and Lenovo that challenges students around the world to design a science experiment for the International Space Station.
The winning experiments will be conducted in space on the International Space Station (ISS), making it the Universe’s largest science lesson, streamed live for the world to see via YouTube. Space Lab is part of a larger YouTube effort, aimed at providing educators access to the wealth of educational content available on YouTube. Also joining ESA in this launch are two more Station partners, JAXA of Japan and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Some nice pics from the ESTEC SpaceTweetup, courtesy Remco Timmersmans, available via Facebook.
SpaceTweeps playing with space robotic arms — with Lynn van Rooijen at ESTEC. Credit: R. Timmermans
Programme for today’s SpaceTweetup at ESA’s ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
| Time slot | Activity |
|---|---|
| 10:30-11:00 | Welcome & technical set-up at Space Expo, the ESTEC Visitor Centre |
| 11:00-12:30 | Tour of ESTEC facility. Visit Test Centre, Telerobotics lab, 3D tour ISS |
| 12:30-13:00 | Coffee & sandwiches, spacetweeps/twitternauts introductions |
| 13:00-13:30 | Meet Franco Ongaro, Director of ESA’s Technology Centre ESTEC |
| 13:30-14:15 | Meet Christer Fuglesang, ESA astronaut – Space Shuttle flights STS-116 (Celsius mission) and STS-128 (Alissé mission) to the ISS |
| 14:15-14:30 | Movie presentations at Space Expo Arianezaal: “ESTEC – ESA’s Technical heart” and “Andre Kuipers introduces ESTEC” |
| 14:30-14:50 | Walk over to ESA Telerobotics Laboratory |
| 14:50–15:30 | Hands-on activities at the ESA Telerobotics Lab |
| 16:00-17:00 | Visit SpaceExpo |
| 17:00 | End of the SpaceTweetup – don’t forget that group picture! |
A bit late but here’s a nice replay of Q&A with @astro_paolo, @astro_cady and @astrosamantha, during MagISStra post-flight tour in Italy, ESRIN, 22 September 2011.
Wow! Thanks to @cosmos4u, it really doesn’t get much more comprehensive than this: a complete listing of all web links, albums, blog posts, updates and more reporting on the fabulous (and first!) European SpaceTweetup in Cologne, Germany, on 18 September 2011 – plus links to several of the pre-events. Enjoy…
Coverage of the 1st European SpaceTweetup - the monster link list
