Had a blast being invited to and attending the first such conjoined event hosted together by NASA and UC Berkeley.

Taking part in #NASASocial which launches #NASAIcon, ten social media creators were treated to a plethora of invaluable presentations and excursions.

Dr. Thomas Immel, Dr. Joanne Wu, Dr. Stephen Mende, Carolyn Kieran and Stuart Bale presented exciting information, some of which I photographed below.

Presentation by Dr. Thomas Immel, #ICON principal investigator. #NASA #NASASocial #NASAIcon

Image with Dr. Thomas Immel and Dr. Joanne Wu.

Loved this presentation about high and low energies.

A tour of the Space Sciences Lab, the FOXSI Lab, inside-access to the Mission Operations Center (Mission Control) and behind the gate access of an 11m ground satellite dish followed. Later, a bonus planetarium visit (where we had a chance to request what to view, I chose to see Jupiter up close) ... as well as, a sweet gift bag of goodies, shown below.

With Dr. Manfred Bester, Director of Operations at @UCBSSL’s Mission Operations Center.

I'd like to thank NASA, NASA Social, Lina Tran and today's amazing team for this incredible event.

I've learned so much, met incredibly gifted individuals who are proficient in their work and got an inside look into the workings of what goes into and behind a space mission.