Flat Samantha is in the house! I was contacted by young Samantha (pictured left – the non-flat one) to see if I had room for Flat Samantha to ride with us to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida when we embark for the NASA Tweetup at the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-134) launch on April 29th. Today we met up with her and her parents and got instructions on how to take care of Flat Samantha.

Samantha has provided meticulous training to Flat Samantha and has crafted a first-class space suit along with a helmet to help her breath in space should the opportunity present itself.

During our pre-flight briefing, I gave her the run-down on what the travel plans will be. I promise to take good care of our new travel companion and will post pictures at every major step in our journey. Thanks for entrusting us with your friend Samantha! We’ll be sure to take good care of her and will return her to you safely when this adventure is over.

Flat Samantha is following the footsteps of some of her other flat siblings, including the original “Flat Stanley” who visited twice: once in 2002 when he went into space and did a 14-day mission on the space shuttle Endeavour and again in 2011 when he visited NASA HQ courtesy of Beth Beck.  Other flat adventurers include “Flat Paxton” and “Flat David“, who also had the opportunity to visit NASA.

Flat Samantha will be tweeting about her adventures at the #NASATweetup – you can follow her tweets via @FlatSamantha as well as mine at @CPUGuru. Welcome to the adventure Flat Samantha!