Summary: NASA is hosting a multi center social media event across its centers in the US to preview the landing of the Mars Science Curiosity Rover on August 6th.

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NASA is hosting a multi centre social media event for US citizens across its centres to preview the landing of the Mars Science Curiosity Rover on August 6th.

The event is designed to increase awareness of the landing, create buzz across social channels and to get more people interested in NASA through various social platforms.

If you follow one of NASAs social media accounts you can register for selection at one of the locations. NASA has a presence on Twitter: @MarsCuriosity, @NASA and @NASASocial, Facebook: MarsCuriosity and NASA or Google+: NASA.

If you are selected, you will be able to meet other social media NASA fans and learn about the Mars Science Laboratory mission and the respective NASA field centre.

If you do not get selected, you will still be able to follow the event via Facebook and Google+ posts and by following the hashtag #NASASocial.

The social event may also be streamed by the Jet Propulsion Lab:

Events will be held simultaneously at six NASA field centers, including:

Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.; Glenn Research Center in Cleveland Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tx. Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

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NASA previews Mars Rover landing with joined up social event