Social media users are invited to register to attend the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This launch, currently targeted for late June, will be the next commercial cargo resupply services mission to the International Space Station.
If your passion is to communicate and engage the world via social media, then this is the event for you! Seize the opportunity to be on the front line to blog, tweet or Instagram everything about SpaceX’s 15th mission to the space station. In addition to supplies and equipment, the Dragon spacecraft will deliver scientific investigations in the areas of biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, physical sciences, and technology development and demonstrations.
A maximum of 40 social media users will be selected to attend this two-day event, and will be given access similar to news media.
NASA Social participants will have the opportunity to:
- View a launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
- Speak with researchers about investigations heading to the orbiting microgravity laboratory
- Tour NASA facilities at Kennedy Space Center
- Speak with representatives from NASA and SpaceX
- View and take photographs of the Falcon 9 rocket at Space Launch Complex 40
- Meet fellow space enthusiasts who are active on social media
NASA Social registration for the CRS-15 launch opens on this page on May 30 and the deadline to apply is on June 6 at 12:00 p.m. EDT. All social applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.