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NASA Plays Van Halen in Space

by VHND — updated April 23, 2014 8 Comments

From NASA’s website:

STS-126 Wakeup Calls
Wakeup calls are a long-standing tradition of the NASA program. Each day during the mission, flight controllers in the Mission Control Center will greet the crew with an appropriate musical interlude.

Flight Day 11
STS-126 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 11 — “Can’t Stop Loving You” by Van Halen was played for Mission Specialist Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper.

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Transcript:

CAPCOM Shannon Lucid:

“Good morning, Endeavour! And a special good morning to you today, Heide.”

Mission Specialist Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper:

“Good morning Houston. I would also like to say good morning and thank you to Glen for that wonderful wakeup song. I love you too”.

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