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	Australian National Radio Interview about the Moon Dish Rescue echoesofapollo.com Australian National Radio Interview about the Moon Dish Rescue. Australian ABC’s Saturday AM program with an interview with ABC’s BRENDAN TREMBATH and Echoes of Apollo Global Events Manager, ROBERT BRAND
	TV Interview to Save Moon Dish | Echoes of Apollo Space News echoesofapollo.com TV Interview to Save Moon Dish Here is a TV story started by Echoes of Apollo talking about the closure of the NASA dish that brought the world the images of Neil Armstrong first steps walking on the moon. …

Space News:

	NASA to get more money, but must scratch moon plan news.yahoo.com President Barack Obama is essentially grounding efforts to return astronauts to the moon and instead is sending NASA in new directions with roughly $6 billion more, according to officials familiar with the plans.
	Human Flight To Mars Will Be A Global Mission www.space-travel.com Bangalore, India (PTI) Jan 29, 2010 – The maiden human space flight to Mars would be a global mission through a consortium by 2030, a top Indian space official said Wednesday.
	4000 Pounds Never Meant So Much www.spacedaily.com Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2010 – The most amazing thing to come out of NASA has been the images from the Hubble Space Telescope. At least to this pair of eyes that were electrified with IMAX’s presentation of the Hubble repair and impact.
	Florida Governor Proposes Increased Space Industry Funding www.spacemart.com Tallahassee FL (SPX) Jan 29, 2010 – Governor Charlie Crist has addressed the board of directors of Enterprise Florida during the group’s annual meeting in Tallahassee to announce his $307.5-million economic-incentive budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2010-11.
	Endeavour to bring high-tech ’sunroom’ to ISS www.space-travel.com Washington (AFP) Jan 29, 2010 – The US space shuttle Endeavour will carry the last major component needed to complete the International Space Station and a high-tech sunroom called a cupola next week, officials said Friday.
	Calling E.T. may not be a smart move, say some www.spacedaily.com London (AFP) Jan 29, 2010 – In 2008, NASA beamed the Beatles song Across the Universe into deep space, sending a message of peace to any extraterrestrial who happens to be in the region of Polaris, also called the North Star, in 2439.
	Russia Launches Military Satellite From Baikonur www.spacewar.com Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jan 29, 2010 – Russia launched on Thursday a Proton-M rocket carrying a military satellite on board from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Defense Ministry said.
	Amateur Astronomers Discover Stellar Outburst www.skynightly.com Washington DC (SPX) Jan 29, 2010 – A discovery by two amateur astronomers in central Florida helped to set in motion a global network of ground- and space-based telescopes today, observing a violent explosion of a distant star in our Galaxy.
	Studying Titan’s Lakes On Earth www.saturndaily.com Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2010 – The recent discovery of lakes on Saturn’s moon Titan make it the only other object in the solar system known to have liquid on its surface. However, dipping 179 degrees C (290 degrees F) below freezing, these lakes are definitely not filled with water.
	Experts Chart Steps For Global Asteroid Warning Network www.spacedaily.com Washington DC (SPX) Jan 29, 2010 – A group of international experts has outlined steps to establish a global detection and warning network to deal with possible asteroid threats to Earth.
	CU-Boulder Student Satellite Selected For Launch By NASA www.spacemart.com Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 29, 2010 – A tiny communications satellite designed and built by University of Colorado at Boulder undergraduates has been selected as one of three university research satellites to be launched into orbit in November as part of a NASA space education initiative.
	Major Galileo Contracts Signed www.gpsdaily.com Paris, France (ESA) Jan 28, 2010 – Yesterday, Mr Rene Oosterlinck, ESA’s Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation-related Activities, signed the first three contracts for the Galileo full operational capability phase.
	First Falcon 9 rocket now coming together at the Cape spaceflightnow.com All the pieces of the first Falcon 9 rocket due to launch between March and May have been trucked into Cape Canaveral, leaving just a handful of final tasks and closeouts before the booster is lifted atop the pad for tanking and engine tests.
	Obama’s NASA facelift faces tough fight in Congress www.spaceflightnow.com Although specifics of President Obama’s NASA budget won’t be released until Monday, a bipartisan group of legislators representing key space centers vows to fight to preserve the agency’s besieged moon program.
	NASA tops off new Ares launch tower at the Cape www.spaceflightnow.com Workers added the final piece of a 390-foot-tall Ares 1 mobile launch tower at Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, topping off a new member of the Cape Canaveral skyline as questions swirl on whether the eye-catching structure will ever be used.
	Strip Mining Avatar’s Planet Paradise www.space.com Strip mining an extrasolar planet, as in James Cameron’s movie Avatar, would most likely never be cost effective.
	Supercomputer Breakthrough Allows Astronomers to Share Universe Simulations www.space.com Astronomers can now share universe simulations in real-time thanks to new supercomputer software.
	No Moon Trips: Obama’s Space Vision a ‘Paradigm Shift’ www.space.com President Obama’s plan for America’s space program, according to early reports, represents a fundamental shift for human spaceflight, some experts say.
	Cassini Takes New Images of Saturn’s Moons www.space.com New images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft offer close-ups of two of Saturn’s moons.
	Scientists Cook Up Saturn Moon Cocktail on Earth www.space.com Scientists are cooking up a replica of the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan to learn more about the lakes recently discovered there.
	NASA Announces Innovation Initiatives With Fiscal Year 2011 Budget www.nasa.gov NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency’s fiscal year 2011 budget at 3 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 1.
	NASA Provides Inside Look at International Space Station with Streaming Video www.nasa.gov NASA soon will provide Internet viewers an inside look at astronauts working in space by streaming video live from the International Space Station’s laboratories.
	Auspicious orbit marks run-up to Phobos flyby www.physorg.com An image of Phobos by the High-Resolution Stereo Camera on board Mars Express on 22 January 2007. The larger and inner of the two martian moons is seen here floating just above the martian limb. The image has been enhanced slightly to bring out the detail on the moon
	Astronomers discover cool stars in nearby space www.physorg.com The images show the cool brown dwarf SDSS1416B and its warmer companion brown dwarf SDSS1416A (the left image is from the UKIRT telescope and the right image from the Subaru telescope).
	Richard Branson Unveils Bond-Style Deep-Sea Submarine www.popsci.com.au Not content with space alone, the founder of Virgin Galactic wants to explore the oceans too
	Mysterious Gamma-ray Flashes in Earth’s Atmosphere science.nasa.gov January 29, 2010: High-energy bursts of gamma rays typically occur far out in space, perhaps near black holes or other high-energy cosmic phenomena. So imagine scientists’ surprise in the mid-1990s when they found these powerful gamma ray flashes happening right here on Earth, in the skies overhead.
	The reports of Spirit’s death are greatly exaggerated. blogs.discovermagazine.com NASA | For criminy’s sake. What is it with people and all the rending of garments over the impending doom of NASA?First:1) The reports of Spirit’s death are greatly ex…..
	California lists moon junk as historical resource www.reuters.com LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Seeking to preserve the site where humans first set foot on the moon, a California state panel on Friday registered a collection of 106 objects left by the Apollo 11 mission as…..
	Space Shuttle Status Report (STS-130) www.cbsnews.com 3. This site includes pre-formatted text that requires a fixed-width font. If the text is too large/small, adjust the font size in your browser’s preferences.
	Obama trims US space ambitions www.space-travel.com Washington (AFP) Jan 30, 2010 – Facing budgetary constraints, President Barack Obama will scale back US space ambitions, abandoning plans to return to the moon by 2020 and confining NASA to lower orbits for years to come.
	Lawmakers gird for NASA cut battle www.space-travel.com Houston (UPI) Jan 30, 2009 – U.S. President Barack Obama’s moves to drop a NASA program that would return astronauts to the moon will spark a political fight, space program experts predict.
	Geoffrey Burbidge dies at 84; astrophysicist co-discovered how elements are synthesized in stars www.latimes.com Geoffrey Burbidge and his colleagues made seminal discoveries about stellar nuclear processes. He later became notorious for rejecting the Big Bang theory. (UC San Diego / January 30, 2010)
	Change in space for NASA: Renting the Right Stuff www.physorg.com This undated handout photo provided by SpaceX shows the liftoff of the Falcon 1. In its new budget to be released Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, the Obama administration proposes spending billions of dollars to encourage private companies to build, launch and operate spacecraft for NASA and others. …

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Student of the Week Competition (up to and incl. Y12):

Echoes of Apollo is starting a “Student of the Week” competition for up to Y12. Best answer to the following question (and feel free to use the Internet, but don’t copy it) will have their profile on display on our website and on Facebook. Make sure you have permission to do so. Sure, we started with a hard question, but that is life – others will be easier! Q: Is the moon moving closer to earth or further away and what is the major reason? send your answer to: robert.brand@echoesofapollo.com

SCIENCE with a TWIST:

Eight Unknown Facts About Sir Isaac Newton http://quazen.com/reference/biography/ei… Sir Isaac Newton: The name that reminds you of laws of motion and theory of universal gravitation. He is a great scientist of all time. Here are some facts you may have never known about him …

Special Feature:

MissionClock and Apollo 13 | Echoes of Apollo Space News echoesofapollo.com If you have an iPhone, you need this application. Echoes of Apollo supports MissionClockand the direction they are taking for the space enthusiasts with future services. Get it now and always know what is happening in space Apollo 13 Re-enactment on iPhone MissionClock Mission Clock and Echoes of Apollo announce collaboration on Apollo 13 re-enactment on the 40th anniversary of Apollo 13’s historic flight.

Special Feature – STARWALKER TV Astronaut Reality Show

Space Fashion- and another contest! http://www.starwalkershow.com/ As part of the wonderful world of Starwalker, we’re having spacesuits designed by fashion designers, specific details in the early New Year, stay tuned!

US - Kids In Micro-g!

Kids In Micro-g! http://www.nasa.gov Watch newly posted video discussions with ISS Astronauts about the Kids In Micro-g! Student experiment design challenge, life aboard ISS, example onboard microgravity demos and use of the scientific method in designing a Kids In Micro-g! experiment.

Special Event – Florida USA

Robot Love v.2.0 | Melbourne, FL – Jan. 22-30, 2010 www.321agency.com The event will be held in Melbourne, FL in the USA on Fri Jan 22nd – Sat Jan 30 so if you are coming to Robot Love let our good friend Lloyd Behrendt know you’re coming. Echoes of Apollo believes that we must engage with art and music and all the emotions if we are to engage with the “everyday” person and make space “everyday”   … more art, more music, more love… | Art Exhibit and Group Show

On This Day – Feb 01

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