ISO's first performance took place in front of the 80 by 120 foot wind tunnel (world's largest) located at
NASA Ames Research Center and its second in San Jose, California during the
ZERO1 Biennial (North America's most significant showcase of work at the nexus of art and technology).
In May 2013, the International Space Orchestra performed at the
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco in front of 2,700 people with singer
Beck.[12] In September 2013, the International Space Orchestra featured[13] at the Beijing Design Week, China.
On April 19, 2016, the International Space Orchestra performed at the historic
Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco with the all-female British rock group the Savages.
On September 24, 2016, the International Space Orchestra opened for the Icelandic group
Sigur Ros, playing the Sigur Ros songs Vidrar, Olsen Olsen, Hoppipola and Hafsol (orchestrated and conducted by Gordon Lustig) to a sold-out audience of 17,500 at the
Hollywood Bowl. After their set, members of ISO also performed outreach as "Space Vikings" to members of the audience, educating the audience on space research related topics.
In November 2016, the International Space Orchestra recorded tracks[14] at 25th Street Recording in Oakland, California to celebrate their recent collaborations with rock band
Savages and Icelandic group
Sigur Rós.
As well as being an unconventional public space outreach event, ISO also acts as an experiential and hybrid interdisciplinary research environment in which space scientists and engineers were invited to implement, deconstruct, perform, sing, mix, modify, and design musical acts in control rooms, acting as a provocation to imagine and disrupt
human relationships with
science and technology.
On 19 November 2013, these ArduSat got released from the
International Space Station by the six-member
Expedition 38 crew. The orbiting residents worked with mission controllers around the world on deploying the ArduSat from Kibo’s airlock Tuesday 19 at 7:10 a.m. EST.[17]
In May 2015,
Italian European Space Agency astronaut
Samantha Cristoforetti delivered the ISO recordings to the
ISS[18] during her space expedition record for longest single space flight by a woman (199 days 16 hours) and for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut.
Members of the International Space Orchestra
Jacob Cohen, Chief scientist, NASA Ames Research Center- Gong
Rusty Hunt, NASA Flight Director LCROSS Lunar Impactor, NASA Ames Research Center- Saxophone
Barbara Jo Navarro, Asst. Chief, Flight Systems Implementation Branch at NASA Ames Research Center- Trumpet
Yvonne Cagle, NASA Astronaut, NASA Ames Research Center- Bass Drum and triangle
Gregory D Paulson, ARC-P, Universities Space Research Association-Trombone
Mary Paulson, Gregory N. Paulson’s mother-Flute and Piccolo
Ralph Bach, Analyst at NASA Ames Research Center, Aviation and Aerospace- Trumpet
Frank Caradonna, Aeronautical engineer, NASA Ames Research Center, NASA Ames Jazz Band- Piano
Robert ‘Bob’ Crow, Retired, NASA Ames Jazz Band- Saxophone
Matthew J Daigle, Research Computer Scientist Intelligent Systems Division NASA Ames Research Center- Guitar
Paul K Davis, Instrument Development Technical Group, NASA Ames Research Center- Viola and violin
Johnathan.W.Conley, NASA Ames research Center-Percussion
Larry Farnsley, Electrical Engineer, NASA Ames Jazz Band- String and electric bass
Theodore Garbeff, Research engineer at the experimental fluid physics branch, NASA Ames Research Center- Violin
Elisabeth B Gee Giessler, Dr. of Optometry- Violin
Michael A. K. Gross, Software and systems engineer for SOFIA, NASA Ames- Trombone
Lukas Gruendler, Research Assistant at SETI Institute- Trombone
Vanessa Kuroda, Code RE Electronics Engineer, LADEE Communications, NASA Ames- Piano
Matthew Linton, IT Security Specialist at NASA Ames Research Center- Cello
Gregory Lindsay, NASA Ames Jazz Band- Drums
Rodney Martin, Intelligent Systems Division, NASA Ames Research Center - Percussion and Clarinet