NASA is holding a contest to pick the wake up songs for astronauts on the space shuttle’s last two missions. Usually, this honor is reserved for the shuttle crew family and friends.
Visit the Wakeup Song Contest website to select songs from a list of the top 40 previous wakeup calls or to submit original tunes for consideration. The NASA Top 40 includes U2′s Beautiful Day, Train’s Drops of Jupiter, Frank Sinatra’s Fly Me to the Moon and Elton John’s Rocket Man.
The space agency is also allowing original songs or tunes that didn’t crack the NASA Top 40 to be included for consideration. But the selected wake up songs will still be chosen based on the most votes.
STS-133 is scheduled for launch on November 1 and it will be the second to last shuttle launch before the U.S. manned space program ends. It will also mark the 35th mission to the International Space Station.
STS-134 is scheduled for launch on February 26, 2011 and will be the final time a space shuttle flies.
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