The occasion marked the 71st in-person NASA social media event since 2009 and the second one held at that facility since 2011. They were originally called Tweetups.

“If you aren’t a space geek now, come on out to a NASA Social. We’ll make sure you go home a space geek, that’s for sure,” said Jason Townsend, NASA’s deputy social media manager.

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