'Project Calliope' is a satellite being launched by a space & music enthusiast on the  "TubeSat" platform.  It'll be an ionospheric detector transmitting sonifiable data back to Earth for web streaming and remixing.   Conceptually, it's a musical instrument in space, played by space rather than just after-the-fact sonified.  We like the idea of flying something in space whose purpose is to make music until it dies-- music from science.

We have our first sensor gear, have nearly lined up the full funding, and are looking forward to getting the TubeSat shell.  I could use help designing a logo, email antunes@nasw.org if you like volunteering that sort of thing.

I just added my January 2010 talk at the AAS in the new "Presentations" section.  Stay tuned!  You can follow us on twitter @skyday and from our regular blog on ScientificBlogging, 'Satellite Diaries'