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    NASA has a tradition of playing music to astronauts to wake them up during spaceflights. Below is the list of wake up calls for the last Space Shuttle program flight (STS-135) and the updating list for Artemis II.
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    NASA has a tradition of playing music to astronauts to wake them up during spaceflights. Below is the list of wake up calls for the last Space Shuttle program flight (STS-135) and the updating list for Artemis II.

    NASA has a tradition of playing music to astronauts to wake them up during spaceflights. Below is the list of wake up calls for the last Space Shuttle program flight (STS-135) and the updating list for Artemis II.

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    2. nothingeverhappens91 on

      Remember that rumor from the early 2000s that they were playing Britney Spears as a torture device at Guantanamo Bay? Yeah, a lot of these songs remind me of that.

    5. parmahes on

      Sleepyhead is such a banger, but Iā€™ve never heard that cover! Hopefully itā€™s a little less jarring on intro lol

    7. BeAlch on

      no “Space Oddity” šŸ˜ ?
      “Here am I sitting in a tin can , far above the world .. “

    12. LordsOfJoop on

      “Mr. Blue Sky” would be an absolute banger of a wake-up tune. Beautiful choice.

    13. NessaSamantha on

      Damn, they’re risking their lives going to the moon and you’re gonna subject them to Coldplay? Twice?

    19. No_Barracuda8791 on

      Sandra Magnus sounds so fun.

      I just realized I could never be an astronaut (only for this reason obv, otherwise Iā€™m a perfect candidate šŸ’…) because my sleep schedule is shit. They wouldnā€™t be able to wake me up because Iā€™d just doze off again because I stayed up late or whatever.

    21. PatSajakMeOff on

      This post is how I found out Sleepy Head is a cover and not an original by Passion Pit. That being said, I went and listened to the original and it’s exactly what I would imagine a remix of the Passion Pit version would sound like and be labeled “Pool Remix”

    22. dorianbenediction on

      If someone woke me up with that Chumbawumba song I would F I G H T them

    23. Vintagepoolside on

      Did not expect sleepyhead lol I mean, it makes sense, but that was one of my middle school jams, I didnā€™t expect astronauts to listen to it in space lol

    24. Possible-Campaign949 on

      When the Columbia disintegrated in 2003, one of the only things they were able to find in the wreckage were the Deep Purple cds brought aboard by astronaut Kalpana Chalwa. She used their song ā€œSpace Truckingā€ as one of the wakeup songs on the trip, and was generally a big fan of the band. In response Deep Purple closed out their next album with the song ā€œLost Contactā€, which was a tribute to Chalwa and the rest of the crew.

    27. littleghoulguts on

      Waking me up to God Bless America in this day and age would ruin my entire day

    28. ConsuelaBH on

      Green Light is such an underrated song. I never hear it out anymore but itā€™s a banger

    29. Boing_Boom_Tschak on

      John Legend reaches the literal pinnacle of his career on the same day his fires his manager <<shakes head>>

    32. light_sweet_crude on

      Fanfare for the Common Man is an S-tier choice; I would feel purposeful AF waking up to that in space

    33. E-Wrecka on

      Iā€™m thinking about how certain songs I heard at certain times in my life have an emotional impact on me, years later, sort of bringing me back to that moment. I wonder how theyā€™ll feel when they hear these songs years from now, I bet itā€™ll feel quite special

    35. emmawillick on

      Lmao I need to be best friends with Sandra, apparently. Waking up to tubthumping is hysterical

    37. Pleasant-Tangelo1786 on

      Thatā€™s what I would want. Being stuck in a small box floating thousands of miles away and being forced to listen to fucking Coldplay.

    39. Shhhhshushshush on

      Does the “Greeting” column mean the listed person will have a personalized message for the crew?

    41. Allrojin on

      I read somewhere that Viva La Vida is scientifically proven to be a good wake up song. I set my alarm as it for a minute, but then decided to randomize it instead.

    44. starclues on

      For anyone interested, this is a history of the wake-up calls and an entire list of all the songs they’ve ever used, along with notes on why they were chosen.

      https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wakeup-calls.pdf

      Some highlights:

      – David Bowie songs appear on 4 different occasions (“Space Oddity” x2, and “Changes” x2). Queen shows up 5 times (though somehow never “Don’t Stop Me Now”).

      – Various Star Trek songs show up like 8 different times, the Star Wars soundtrack also has 8 plays.

      – They played wake-up music every sol (Martian day) for the teams working on the Mars rovers during the first few weeks of the missions.

      – One time, they got Robin Williams to record a special wake-up call for Discovery in the style of “Good Morning Vietnam”. They also got Patrick Stewart to do a version of the Final Frontier monologue for an Atlantis mission (there was an Enterprise shuttle, but it was not space-worthy and never flew).

    45. NewtRipley_1986 on

      Am I understanding correctly – theyā€™re also getting a greeting from Elton John and Michael Stipe.

    46. MsFrankieD on

      Somebody missed the mark by not requesting Your New Morning Alarm by Marc Rebillet.

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