Wake-up Calls
NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during the Gemini program, and first used music to wake up a flight crew during Apollo 15. Each track is specially chosen, often by the astronauts' families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.
| Flight Day | Song | Artist/Composer | Played for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 2 | "Air Force Hymn" | Brewster H. Shaw, Jr. | |
| Day 3 | "America the Beautiful" | ||
| Day 4 | "Marine Corps Hymn" | Bryan O’Connor | |
| Day 5 | "Notre Dame Victory March" | Jerry Ross | |
| Day 6 | "Born in the U.S.A." | Bruce Springsteen |
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Famous quotes containing the word calls:
“Anyone can see that to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin on the knee in the kitchen, with constant calls to cooking and other details of housework to punctuate the paragraphs, was a more difficult achievement than to write it at leisure in a quiet room.”
—Anna Garlin Spencer (1851–1931)