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NASA plays Van Halen in space

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”.

  • Joe S

    That is cool, now we know Van Halen is not just world wide.
    Can we say universe, I knew we could.

  • http://www.fotolog.com/vanhalen5150 juane5150

    Guau!!!!!!!!!!!
    Que puede ser mejos que escuchar van halen para inspirarte…. estes donde estes.

  • TopJames

    They coulda picked something that wasn’t interchangeable Journey-REO-Van Hagar pap. ‘Can’t Stop Loving You’?! Gimme a break. Van Halen at its most lamentable – and I say that as someone who loves Van Halen.

  • Joe

    One of Sammy’s best vocal performances. A very tough song to sing!

  • Garrett

    “Can’t Stop Loving You?”…Let’s just say a much cooler wake up in outer space would have been “I’m the One.”

  • Brian

    Isn’t she the one that lost the $100,000.00 tool bag?

  • Kenny

    Wow. Thats probably the highest anyone has ever been while listening to Van Halen.

    -Kenny From Ohio

  • http://vhnd ou812

    Can we say universe, I knew we could.