Schedule of Events for NASA Tweetup!

Update:  Mr. Rahlmann has left for the NASA Tweetup!  Mr. R took to the road in his Ford Focus rental car a few minutes before 04:00 this morning.  Watch the Twitter updates down on the lower-right hand corner of the page for updates for "Where in the world Mr. Rahlmann might be!"  Have a great day at school today, students!  I hope you enjoy this journey as much as I will! 

8:00 St. Louis Time - Mr. Rahlmann has arrived safe and sound at the Day's Inn - Kennedy Space Center.  Mr. Rahlmann covered about 1,100 miles today in 16 hours drive.  It was interesting leaving this morning during the severe thunderstorm warning, driving though hail and intense lightening in Illinois, then seeing a beautiful sunset over Jacksonville, Florida.  It's time to head to bed to get ready for the big events planned for tomorrow!

Make sure to have one of the teachers click on the top link at the right at 9:00 AM Thursday Morning to see live coverage from NASA-TV of our welcome ceremony, live from Kennedy Space Center, featuring astronaut Janet Voss!

Thursday, May 13/L-1: Day 1

8-9 a.m. -- Registration at the Kennedy Space Center Press Accreditation Badging Building

9-10 a.m. -- Travel to the press site, set up, meet fellow participants

10 a.m. -- Welcome and introductions by @NASA team members John Yembrick and Stephanie Schierholz

10:10 a.m. -- Robert D. Braun, NASA chief technologist, NASA Headquarters

10:30 a.m. Jon Cowart (@Rocky_Sci), Orbiter Engineering manager, Space Shuttle Program, Kennedy Space Center

10:50 a.m. -- Stephanie Stilson, space shuttle Discovery processing director, Shuttle Processing Office, Kennedy Space Center

11:10 a.m. -- Astronaut Janice Voss

11:30 p.m.-12:15 p.m. -- Break for lunch

12:30 p.m.-1:15 p.m. -- Demonstration of the Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES)

1:20 p.m. -- Instructions for launch day, board buses

1:30-6:30 p.m. -- Tour of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, including visits to the International Space Station Center and Apollo Saturn V Center. Your tour will drive by the Orbiter Processing Facility, Vehicle Assembly Building, Mobile Launcher Platforms and Crawler-Transporter. The last stop on the tour will be Launch Pad 39A to view retraction of the Rotating Service Structure, scheduled for 5:20 p.m. and space shuttle Atlantis. 

Friday, May 14/Launch: Day 2

9:30 a.m. -- Arrive at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 Press Site.

10 a.m. -- Group picture beside the countdown clock.

10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. -- Free time and visits from guest speakers, including

- Astronaut Dave Wolf

- Lt. Col. Patrick Barrett, weather officer with the Air Force's 45th Space Wing Weather Squadron

- Chris Meinert, STS-132 Closeout Crew member

- Madi Sengupta (@msengupta), Space Station Robotics instructor at NASA's Johnson Space Center

- Amiko Kauderer, @NASA_Johnson team member leading STS-132 mission Tweetup

2:20 p.m. -- Launch of space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-132 mission

~3:30 p.m. -- Post-launch news conference on NASA TV

Remember, all times posted are Eastern Daylight Time, so back in St. Louis, you would need to subtract one hour!  Don't be late!