Association With Space Travel
- Frank Sinatra's 1964 recording was played by the astronauts of Apollo 10 on their lunar-orbital mission and again on the moon itself by the astronaut Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 landing.
- Yi So-Yeon, a spaceflight participant from South Korea who flew aboard Soyuz TMA-12 reported in a post-mission news conference that she had sung "Fly Me to the Moon" for the other crew members while in space.
- On July 20, 2009, Diana Krall performed the song at the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 commemoration ceremony held at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. The three astronauts from the Apollo 11 mission were in the audience.
- On Sept. 13, 2012, Diana Krall sang the song as a tribute at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington during the national memorial service for the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOTABfsEuOM
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