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ST. LOUIS NEWS TODAY - Sunday, July 19, 2009
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Photograph above shows Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin in front of the lunar module. Credit: NASA/Neil Armstrong
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St. Louis Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Moon Landing
ST. LOUIS (SLFP.com), July 19, 2009 - On July 20, 1969, as Armstrong made the short step off the ladder of the Lunar Excursion Module onto the powdery lunar surface, a global community of hundreds of millions of people witnessed one of humankind's most remarkable achievements live on television.
The black and white images of Armstrong and Aldrin bounding around the moon were provided by a single small video camera aboard the lunar module. The camera used a non-standard scan format that commercial television could not broadcast.
NASA used a scan converter to optically and electronically adapt these images to a standard U.S. broadcast TV signal. The tracking stations converted the signals and transmitted them using microwave links, Intelsat communications satellites, and AT&T analog landlines to Mission Control in Houston. By the time the images appeared on international television, they were substantially degraded.
At tracking stations in Australia and the United States, engineers recorded data beamed to Earth from the lunar module onto one-inch telemetry tapes. The tapes were recorded as a backup if the live transmission failed or if the Apollo Project needed the data later. Each tape contained 14 tracks of data, including bio-medical, voice, and other information; one channel was reserved for video.
On July 20, 2009, Saint Louis Science Center will participate in a live simulcast featuring 'Buzz' Aldrin and other NASA astronauts and scientists at 11:30 am (CST), as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the moon landing.
Held at the Newseum in Washington D.C., the panel discussion "The Apollo Legacy: The Moon and Beyond" will air on NASA TV and will be simulcast to the Saint Louis Science Center, The Boston Museum of Science, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the California Academy of Science in San Francisco. A few lucky visitors at each museum will have the opportunity to ask the panelists questions and the public is invited to watch.
Other Apollo 11 Anniversary activities at the Science Center: Mankind's Giant Leap, the newest space show at the James S. McDonnell Planetarium, documents the journey of Apollo 11 to the Moon. Visitors can learn about the mission through the OMNIMAX® films FLY ME TO THE MOON. For more information, call 314-289-4400.
Recovery Act Grants to Support Community and Economic Development Nationwide
ST. LOUIS (SLFP.com), July 19, 2009 - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan has announced nearly 700 grants totaling $360 million in funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).
The grants awarded today represent over half of the Recovery Act-funded grants available through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, which primarily benefit low- to moderate-income families. CDBG enables state and local governments to undertake a wide range of activities intended to create suitable living environments, provide affordable housing and create economic opportunities. Under the Recovery Act, recipients give priority to responsible projects that can award contracts through a bidding process within 120 days of the grant agreement. A total of $1 billion will be awarded nationwide by HUD in Recovery Act Community Development Block Grants.
"Today, we make another critical investment in the economic recovery of our communities," said Donovan. "I am proud to announce this $360 million in Community Development Block Grant funding to state and local governments throughout the country, which will create jobs and help to revitalize the nation's hardest hit neighborhoods. President Obama and I are anxious to put this money to work for long-term, sustainable community and economic development."
In a letter to CDBG recipients of Recovery Act funds, Donovan wrote, "In accepting these funds, it is imperative that you be good stewards of these precious taxpayer dollars by focusing your efforts on the Recovery Act goals of investing in infrastructure that will create or sustain jobs in the near-term and generate maximum economic benefits in the long-term." Visit HUD's Recovery Act website at www.hud.gov to view the list of grantees receiving funding under this round of grants.
St. Louis Science Center Receives YOP Tax Credits
ST. LOUIS (SLFP.com), July 19, 2009 - The Missouri Department of Economic Development has announced that two St. Louis organizations that offer various services to Missouri children have been approved for a total of $935,556 in Youth Opportunity Program (YOP) tax credits.
Evangelical Children's Home has been approved for $200,466 in YOP tax credits. Evangelical Children's Home will utilize the YOP tax credits to fund its "Counseling Care for Troubled Youth" project to provide counseling and other services to children and youth in its residential treatment programs. Key services provided include psychiatric and psychological care; individual, family and group therapy; case management; crisis intervention; and recreational therapy.
St. Louis Science Center has been approved for $241,328 in YOP tax credits. St. Louis Science Center's Youth Exploring Science (YES) program provides education and outreach to 200 at-risk youth from low-income, high crime neighborhoods throughout the city of St. Louis. This program enhances school curricula; increases student retention rates; promotes graduation rates; increases college or vocational school enrollment; and encourages workforce development in science technology, engineering and mathematics.
"Investment in our children is an investment in the future of our state," DED Director Linda Martínez said. "I am pleased that we can partner with these service organizations in their outreach efforts to at-risk children in their local areas and throughout Missouri."
The Youth Opportunity Program, administered by the Missouri Department of Economic Development, provides tax credits to organizations administering positive youth development or crime prevention projects.
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