{"id":3843,"date":"2013-08-07T16:17:15","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T16:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3843"},"modified":"2013-08-07T16:17:15","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T16:17:15","slug":"international-space-orchestra-goes-to-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3843","title":{"rendered":"International Space Orchestra &#8211; goes to space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned a couple of times (see <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2293\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2619\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) the musical project <a href=\"http:\/\/groundcontrol-opera.com\/\" target=\"_d\">International Space Orchestra<\/a>, &#8220;the world\u2019s first orchestra of space scientists&#8221;, which was organized by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nellyben.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Nelly Ben Hayoun<\/a>. Their work, &#8220;An Opera in Space&#8221;, actually went to space last week &#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Recordings from Skywalker ranch, George Lucas\u2019 studio\u00a0 have launched in space on 4th August on board of two ArduSat (satellites for which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanosatisfi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">NanoSatisfi<\/a> is the parent company). The lift off was taking place in Japan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More at<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/beyond_the_beyond\/2013\/08\/nelly-ben-hayouns-artwork-launched-into-space\/\" target=\"_d\">Nelly Ben Hayoun&#8217;s artwork launched into space &#8211; Beyond The Beyond\/Wired.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nellyben.com\/the-international-space-orchestra-is-inspace\/\" target=\"_d\">The International Space Orchestra is IN Space &#8211; Nelly Ben Hayoun<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>The press release:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>GROUND-CONTROL: AN OPERA IN SPACE<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0first performed by the\u00a0<strong>International Space Orchestra (ISO)<\/strong>\u00a0in September 2011 in front of the World Largest Windtunnel in\u00a0<strong>NASA Ames Research Center<\/strong>, was Recorded at\u00a0<strong>Skywalker Ranch<\/strong>, George Lucas\u2019 Studio. The two ArduSat carrying ISO\u2019s recordings were launched aboard the<strong>\u00a0H-II transfer vehicle, HTV-4, also known as Kounotori-4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time and Date of Launch: August 4, 2013 (Around 4:48am, Japan Standard Time, JST) Transfer Vehicle: \u201cKOUNOTORI-4\u2033 (HTV-4)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Launch Vehicle: H-IIB No.4<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Launch Site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Centre<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Audio Broadcast Method: Morse Code and Radio Waves<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>See the launch\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/pvj4tbh\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/pvj4tbh\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The broadcast of Ground-Control: An Opera in Space (27min) will be released by\u00a0<strong>radio waves and morse code<\/strong>. One ArduSat will be broadcasting the voice, the other one the musical part, just like a real<strong>\u00a0\u2019space\u2019 orchestra<\/strong>. The International Space Station (ISS) launching of the two ArduSat will not be immediate after the rocket launch. It will depend on the ISS schedule. The broadcast will be radio waves and morse code. Time and Dates will be confirmed soon on\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.nellyben.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nellyben.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.nellyben.com<\/a>\u00a0and on this website.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life. Much as science washes away the fallacies of how the world was formed and sustains itself\u2026 Good luck in your cosmic endeavours and may you truly make the music of the spheres.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>John W Boyd Senior<\/strong>\u00a0Advisor to the Center Director of NASA Ames, the Senior Advisor for History and the Center Ombuds, letter to Nelly Ben Hayoun, August 13th, 2012<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>An intro to the project:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/57863847?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/57863847\">The International Space Orchestra_ Official IFFR selection 2013<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user12684169\">International Space Orchestra<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned a couple of times (see here and here) the musical project International Space Orchestra, &#8220;the world\u2019s first orchestra of space scientists&#8221;, which was organized by Nelly Ben Hayoun. Their work, &#8220;An Opera in Space&#8221;, actually went to space last week &#8211; Recordings from Skywalker ranch, George Lucas\u2019 studio\u00a0 have launched in space on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3843\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">International Space Orchestra &#8211; goes to space<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-music","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-ZZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7844,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7844","url_meta":{"origin":3843,"position":0},"title":"Video: The International Space Orchestra","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's an article about\u00a0the International Space Orchestra,\u00a0which I've posted about before (see here, here, and here) :\u00a0How NASA Scientists Created an International Space Orchestra -\u00a0\u00a0Space.com Ben Hayoun's enthusiasm for space didn't end with the International Space Orchestra. 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