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WIRED Announces First-Ever WIRED LIVE In Washington, D.C. November 15-18, 2012

Robert Brand — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:28:35 +0000

New exposition designed to showcase disruptive ideas and innovation in entertainment, business, health care, consumer electronics , and more - WIRED, the brand that chronicles how technology is changing the world today announced the first-ever WIRED LIVE, to be held November 15-18, 2012 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. An innovative and engaging showcase of disruptive ideas and exhibits, WIRED LIVE will connect companies and thought leaders in the WIRED ecosystem with an influential audience of early adopters, entrepreneurs, policy makers and venture capitalists. [...]

Touch The Moon In Southern California

Robert Brand — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:07:28 +0000

HOUSTON, April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Californians will have the rare chance to touch a nearly 4-billion-year-old piece of moon rock at NASA's Driven to Explore traveling exhibit, a multimedia experience that immerses visitors in the story of NASA. The centerpiece of Driven to Explore is the opportunity to touch a lunar rock sample brought to Earth by the astronauts of Apollo 17 in 1972, America's last human mission to the moon. The rock is one of only eight lunar samples made available for the public to touch. [...]

Space Technology Landing At Hanover Messe Trade Fair

Robert Brand — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:18:35 +0000

Propelling the Ariane 5 rocket into space, the Vulcain engine truly reflects Europe’s impressive aerospace achievements. The giant engine will flag ‘ESA Space Apps’ at this year’s Hannover Messe trade fair showcasing impressive space technology spin-offs and their terrestrial potential. Organized by ESA’s Technology Transfer Program Office and German MST Aerospace, the ESA Space Apps stand will illustrate how striking product developments and innovative advances are possible in a variety of fields through the transfer of ready available space technologies. [...]

NASA Competition to Make Available Huge Store of Space Informatics

Robert Brand — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:15:51 +0000

GLASTONBURY, Conn., April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TopCoder®, Inc., the world's largest competitive Community of digital creators, in collaboration with the NASA Tournament Lab (NTL) today announced the second phase of the Planetary Data System (PDS) Challenge series, an open call competition to create new mobile and web-based apps that will provide easier access for the general public to the Planetary Data System's vast 100 terabyte archive of images and data gleaned from planetary missions from the past 30 years. Competition registration is open now through 6:00 pm Eastern Friday, April 20 at http://community.topcoder.com/ntl/. [...]

NASA Deputy Administrator Garver Speaks at Discovery Arrival

Robert Brand — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:24:12 +0000

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following are excerpts from remarks given by NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver at the arrival of the space shuttle Discovery at Dulles International Airport on Tuesday, April 17: "Discovery was the longest-serving veteran of NASA's space shuttle fleet. Her maiden voyage was in 1984. She flew 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited Earth 5,830 times and traveled 148,221,675 miles. [...]

NASA Astronaut Talks Space With Indiana Business Professionals

Robert Brand — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:21:13 +0000

NASA Astronaut Talks Space. HOUSTON, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut David Wolf, a veteran of four spaceflights, will be the keynote speaker at The Economic Club of Indiana Monthly Luncheon on Monday, April 23. The luncheon begins at noon EDT at the Indiana Convention Center, 100 South Capitol Ave., Indianapolis. [...]

Public Invited To Free Earth Day 2012 Events At NASA Goddard

Robert Brand — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:52:22 +0000

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. is hosting two free events on April 18 in celebration of Earth Day’s forty-second anniversary. Both events will take place at the NASA Goddard Visitor’s Center on IceSat Road, Greenbelt, Md. Wednesday, April 18 [...]

UpLift-1 Mission Announced

Robert Brand — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:00:34 +0000

UpLift 1 Mission Announced. As you may have realized, I love space and I have a real desire to be involved in Do-It-Yourself space missions. This is a part of that process. I am announcing my first weather balloon project - a series that I have named UpLift for rather obvious reasons. The mission progress and outcome will be posted here as it progresses. Currently I am working with a Primary School and a Secondary College here in Sydney, Australia and I hope to include a local school in the middle of NSW. We will be streaming the launch video and of course you will be able to track the flight on the day [...]

Australian Space and Climate R3

Robert Brand — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:00:01 +0000

From July 18-20 at the Menzies hotel in Sydney, Australia will host the Climate Regional Readiness Review or “Climate R3” as it is known. The Climate R3 initiative was born out of an Australian proposal at the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF) -17 that was held in Melbourne in November 2010 that was aimed at undertaking a Regional Readiness Review for Key Climate Missions. [...]

Australian Rocket Competition – Raising Funds

Robert Brand — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 05:58:14 +0000

Australian Rocket Competition - The down to earth Part - Raising funds for a prize. [...]

Yuri’s Night New York USA 2010

Robert Brand — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:06:11 +0000

Yuri’s Night NY 2010

Saturday, 10 April 2010 19:00 – 22:00 Location: Drom: 85 Ave. A @ 6th St., NY, NY

7pm VIP open bar, 8pm general admission: fashion show featuring space swimsuits by Keriann of ‘Evening Ladies, milinery by EdithandIvy.com, space dress by Raya, and enji Williams performs BELLA GAIA tm with [...]

Yuri’s Night, Bay Area, USA

Robert Brand — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:20:19 +0000

Yuri’s Night Bay Area – NASA Ames Research Center.

Date: Saturday, 10 April 2010

Time: 12:00 – 23:55

Location: NASA Ames Research Center

Description: A full day of creativity, featuring large and small art installations, groundbreaking technology exhibits and speakers from NASA Ames Research Center. Significant aircraft from the history of aeronautics will [...]

Yuri’s Night, Sydney Australia

Robert Brand — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:54:24 +0000

Celebrate Yuri Gagarin’s Historic Spaceflight. Yuri’s Night, Sydney Australia.

Here is the first notice that I have received of the famous Yuri’s night. I’m sure that I will receive more soon.

Beer Brewers and Space Engineers Raise Glasses to Celebrate Yuri Gagarin’s Historic Spaceflight

Sydney, NSW 12 April 2010

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(A11-40yrs) +135hrs and Apollo 11 makes Trans-earth Insertion Burn

Robert Brand — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:17:38 +0000

(A11-40 yrs) Apollo 11 Engine Burn puts them in Trans-Earth Trajectory.

After jettisoning the Eagle, the crew has settled down to some housekeeping, meals and preparations for a trans – Earth trajectory burn of the Service Module engine.

The crew spent some earlier time establishing precise coordinates and Mission Control has [...]

World Moon Bounce Day Success

Robert Brand — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:37:03 +0000

2009 World Moon Bounce Day Amazing Success!

Lots happened. An amazing number of people were literally focused on the moon. We have reports from all over the world of a great event. Let’s remember that this has been a spectacular lead event for the apollo missions 40th Anniversaries. Apollo 11′s 40th will be celebrated next [...]

World Moon Bounce Day Grows

Robert Brand — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:43:24 +0000

Number of dishes Grows for World Moon Bounce Day

Lots of dishes are now on board for the event starting 0001 UTC June 27th ( June 26th USA). Here are a few that we have permission to publish:

VK5MC, MILLICENT, SA 5280, AUSTRALIA – 10m (33ft) – 37.6S, 140.3 E

VK4AFL, BIRKDALE, QLD 4159, AUSTRALIA [...]

Russell Morris a Patron for Australian Music

Robert Brand — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:05:39 +0000

Australian Singer/Writer Russell Morris Becomes a Music Patron

We are pleased to announce that Russell Morris is now supporting the Echoes of Apollo program by being a patron for modern Music within the Echoes of Apollo event. Russell has shaped the Australian and international scene in his inspiring career as both a singer [...]

Graham Smith Releases ‘For All Mankind’ – a Musical Tribute to Apollo 11

Robert Brand — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:21:56 +0000

Graham Smith grants Echoes of Apollo use of his track “Pioneers”

http://www.forallmankind.co.uk/

For All Mankind is the first album release for London based composer, Graham Smith.

“It’s an amazing story on so many levels. You’ve got the sheer scale of the Apollo program with over 400,000 people working on it, you [...]

Russell Morris and “On the Wings of an Eagle”

Robert Brand — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:27:01 +0000

Russell Morris supports Echoes of Apollo

Russell Morris fans worldwide and those that watched the movie “The Dish” will be pleased to hear that he has granted permission for Echoes of Apollo to use his track “On the Wings of an Eagle” on on our website and upcoming podcasts. The recording was a [...]

Sydney Secondary College Music Performance

Robert Brand — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:01:26 +0000

Balmain Campus, Sydney Secondary College Music Performance

Australian based Sydney Secondary College Instrumental Music Program has joined the Echoes of Apollo party. They are holding a performance on the 24th of June at their Balmain Campus in honour of Apollo 11.

They will be performing space themed music [...]