German Space Day at DLR Cologne 2009 Credit: DLR
The DLR German Aerospace Center and the European Space Agency are inviting 60 Twitter followers to the first joint European Space Tweetup as part of German Aerospace Day on 18 September in Cologne, Germany.
A Tweetup is an informal, educational gathering of people who use the Twitter social messaging medium.
The first joint Space Tweetup of DLR and ESA will be an opportunity to learn more about the two agencies and their activities.
German Aerospace Day takes place every two years at the Cologne/Porz establishment shared by DLR, ESA’s European Astronaut Centre and partners Cologne Bonn Airport and the German Air Force.
For the first time, this year’s event will feature a variety of attractions with exclusive access for DLR and ESA Twitter followers.
The Space Tweetup will provide customised access, insights and opportunities, including:
- Welcome by DLR and ESA Social Media Managers, Marco Trovatello and Fulvio Drigani
- Keynote by NASA Social Media Manager Stephanie Schierholz
- Chance to meet Thomas Reiter ESA Director of Human Spaceflight and Operations and ESA astronaut, and other European astronauts
- Q&A with SOFIA project managers/scientists
- Various indoor and outdoor tours
- Tour of ESA’s European Astronaut Centre
- Visit to SOFIA, the NASA–DLR flying observatory using a heavily modified Boeing 747 SP & Airbus A380, provided exclusively by Airbus for German Aerospace Day & A300 Zero-G used by DLR and ESA for parabolic flight campaigns
- Tour of DLR research institutes and facilities
- Q&As with DLR/ESA scientists and project managers
- Opportunities to meet the DLR and ESA social media teams, as well as fellow European spacetweeps
The Space Tweetup will take place in a dedicated tweetup tent near the Astronaut Centre, providing participants with workspace, free broadband WiFi access and catering.
Note: Registration is now closed
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