STS-116 - Wake-up Calls

Wake-up Calls

A tradition for NASA spaceflights since the days of Gemini, mission crews are played a special musical track at the start of each day in space. Each track is specially chosen, often by their family, and usually has special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.

• Day 2: "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles; played for Commander Mark Polansky. MP3 WAV
• Day 3: "Beep Beep" by Louis Prima; played for Sunita Williams. MP3 WAV
• Day 4: "Waterloo" by ABBA; played for Christer Fuglesang. MP3 WAV
• Day 5: "Suavemente" by Elvis Crespo; played for Joan Higginbotham. MP3 WAV
• Day 6: "Under Pressure" by Queen & David Bowie; played for Robert Curbeam. MP3 WAV
• Day 7: "Low Rider" by War; played for William Oefelein. MP3 WAV
• Day 8: "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Aaron Copland performed by the London Philharmonic; played for Nicholas Patrick. MP3 WAV
• Day 9: "Blue Danube Waltz" by Johann Strauss performed by the Vienna Philharmonic; played for Christer Fuglesang. MP3 WAV
• Day 10: "Good Vibrations"; by The Beach Boys played for the entire Discovery crew. Chosen as part of the EVA involved shaking the solar array. The track was used as a wake up call on STS-85 when a Microgravity Vibration Isolation Mount was being tested. Curbeam was a mission specialist on that flight. It was his first trip into space. MP3 WAV
• Day 11: "Zamboni" by Gear Daddies; played for Pilot William Oefelein. MP3 WAV
• Day 12: "Say You'll Be Mine" by Christopher Cross; played for returning Expedition 14 crewmember Thomas Reiter. MP3 WAV
• Day 13: "The Road Less Traveled" by Joe Sample; played for Joan Higginbotham. MP3 WAV
• Day 14: "Home for the Holidays" by Perry Como; played for the entire Discovery crew. MP3 WAV