TDRSSocial List of Speakers

From Nasatweetup

Contents 1 Tuesday, January 29 / L-1: NASA Social Day 1 2 Wednesday, January 30 / Launch Day: NASA Social Day 2

The schedule's posted here as a courtesy, and any inaccuracies are my own, not NASA's.
All times are Eastern.

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* The NASA #TDRS-K #NASASocial will air live on NASA TV starting at 10 a.m. - noon ET
*** Archive of the NASA TV broadcast by @NASA_TV  ***

Tuesday, January 29 / L-1: NASA Social Day 1

• 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. - Social participants arrive at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Press Accreditation Building for registration/badges/travel to Debus Conference Center
• 8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. - arrive at KSC Visitor Complex/KSCVC ( @ExploreSpaceKSC ) -- Debus Conference Center; enter through main gate of KSCVC
• 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Group introductions
• 10 a.m. - noon - Speakers & Program -- Live Coverage of the #TDRS-K #NASASocial on NASA TV
  • Badri Younes, Deputy Assoc. Administrator, Space Communications and Navigation Program
  • Jeff J. Gramling, TDRS-K Project Manager
  • Michael Woltman, Senior Vehicle Systems Engineer, Launch Services Program ( @NASA_LSP )
  • Dr. Compton Tucker, Senior Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ( @NASAGoddard ), TDRS-K Data User
  • Jeffrey Angermeier, Chief, Flight Systems & Integration, Ground Systems Development
  • William Gerstenmaier – Assoc. Administrator, Human Exploration & Operations in Space
• 12 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. -
  • Andrea Farmer ( @AndreaFarmer ) - Atlantis Update / Explain Hard Hat Tour
  • Lunch Break / Hard Hat Tour (Rotating Groups)
• 2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Load buses for SLC-41 area -- Viewing
• 2:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. - Travel to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS)
• 3 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - Rocket / pad viewing with:
  • Ken Carr, Program Integration Manager, Launch Services Program ( @NASA_LSP )
  • Joe Fust, Spacecraft Integrator, United Launch Alliance ( @ulalaunch )
• 3:45 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Group photo with the TDRS-K Atlas V rocket in back drop
• 4 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. - Travel to Atlas Space Operations Center (visit to see launch control room)
• 4:15 p.m. – 5 p.m. - View control center in rotating groups
• 5 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. - Load buses – return to KSC Visitor Complex/KSCVC ( @ExploreSpaceKSC )
• 5:30 p.m. - Released for the day

Wednesday, January 30 / Launch Day: NASA Social Day 2

*NOTE: Live Coverage of the TDRS-K Launch begins at 6:15 p.m. on NASA TV. The 40 minute launch window opens at 8:48 p.m. ET.

• 11 a.m. – Noon - Astronaut Hall of Fame – Science on a Sphere ( Dr. Compton Tucker from @NASAGoddard )
• 12 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. - Lunch – Attendees bring lunch/snacks
• 12:45 p.m. – 1 p.m. - Social participants arrive at KSC Visitor Complex/KSCVC ( @ExploreSpaceKSC ) parking lot and load buses for tour
• 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. - Depart for tour
  • Ground Systems Development
  • Swamp Works (Granular Mechanics & Regolith Operations)
  • Mobile Launcher
  • Vehicle Assembly Building
• 4:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. - Arrive KSC Visitor Complex/KSCVC ( @ExploreSpaceKSC ) parking lot – LOT #4 Released for dinner break
• 7 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. - Return to KSCVC parking lot – LOT #4
• 7:45 p.m. - Depart on buses for NASA Causeway viewing for launch
• 8:15 p.m. - Arrive at Causeway for launch viewing – media bull pen
• 9 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. - Load buses and return to KSCVC – LOT #4
• 9:30 p.m. - Attendees released