Brandon Heath recently won a Midsouth Regional Emmy Award for his blockbuster hit “Give Me Your Eyes,” which served as the catalyst for Nashville Rescue Mission’s Hunger to Hope 2009 PSA Campaign, produced by NewsChannel 5’s Jerry L. Walker, WTVF-TV (CBS).Adding to the excitement, the song was chosen by NASA as the 5:14pm CT wake-up call for the Endeavour shuttle crew, on their first day in orbit, in honor of first-time flyer Pilot Terry Virts, who is a fan of Heath’s music. Virts invited Heath to join his family as a special guest at the launch yesterday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (The video above is what the astronauts heard.)Cool, huh?In a press release, Brandon said, “Having my song included in a PSA talking about serving the poor was hugely rewarding. The Emmy is a nice statue, loving Nashville’s homeless is monumental. I’m especially grateful to WTVF NewsChannel 5, and Jackie Pillers, and to Jerry Walker for the idea.””Give Me Your Eyes” appears on Brandon’s 2008 Grammy-nominated sophomore album, What If We. The album has delivered back-to-back No. 1 singles with “Give Me Your Eyes,” which captured 14 weeks at No.1 on Billboard’s Hot Christian AC radio chart, plus 27 weeks at No. 1 on iTunes Christian Song Chart, with 439,000 total digital downloads. The second single “Wait And See” topped Billboard’s Christian AC Indicator chart in July 2009. The album’s current single “Love Never Fails” moves into Top 20 at Billboard’s AC Monitored this week.Brandon has been featured on “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric” and spotlighted in the Sunday edition of The New York Times.For more about Brandon Heath, visit his website.More Gospel Soundcheck posts about Brandon Heath.Got a gospel or Christian music news tip? Send me an email!Click here to subscribe to Gospel Soundcheck by email and have the Gospel Soundcheck headlines delivered daily to your email inbox. And don’t forget to follow me on Twitter!