Scott Kelly addresses the participants of a unique event a Tweetup held to share the excitement of a space shuttle launch with a new audience.

At the NASA Press Site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut Scott Kelly addresses the participants of a unique event, a Tweetup, held to share the excitement of a space shuttle launch with a new audience. Kelly, slated to command the International Space Station next year, has a Twitter account and is sharing his unique perspective with the Twitter community as he trains at locations around the world.

The two-day event will provide NASA Twitter followers the opportunity to take a tour of Kennedy, view a shuttle launch and speak with shuttle technicians, engineers, astronauts and managers, as well as the staff behind the tweets on @NASA. Launch of shuttle Atlantis on the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station is scheduled for 2:28 p.m. EST on Nov. 16. For information on the STS-129 mission and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts129/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann