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Science Professor Wins A NASA Visit Through Twitter

Updated: June 16, 2011
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150 of NASA's twitter followers got a special surprise. One of the winners is a University of Illinois professor. Joanna Manaster will be going to Florida next month for the space shuttle launch. She gets to tour the space center and talk to astronauts and engineers. For this science professor, being there in person is a dream come true. She has more than 8,000 followers on Twitter. She'll be tweeting during the 2 day trip next month.

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