PASADENA, Calif. - NASA is inviting its social media followers to apply for participation in a two-day NASA Social on Nov. 4 and 5 at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The event will highlight NASA and JPL's role in studying Earth and its climate and will preview three Earth-observing missions JPL is preparing for launch in 2014.

The event will offer people who connect with NASA through Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other social networks the opportunity to interact with scientists and engineers working on upcoming missions and participate in hands-on demonstrations. Participants will also interact with fellow tweeps, space enthusiasts and members of NASA's social media team. They will get a behind-the-scenes tour of JPL, including:

* The Spacecraft Assembly Facility, where hardware for two upcoming Earth missions is currently under construction. This clean room is also where NASA's Voyager and Cassini spacecraft and the Curiosity, Opportunity and Spirit Mars rovers were built and tested.

* The JPL Earth Science Center, where data from many of the agency's Earth-observing missions are showcased in interactive displays.

* The Mission Control Center of NASA's Deep Space Network, where engineers "talk to" spacecraft across the solar system and in interstellar space.

* The JPL Mars Yard, where engineers and scientists test engineering models of NASA's Curiosity rover in a sandy, Mars-like environment.

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NASA Invites Social Media Fans to Earth Science Event