Overview
- NASA released the Artemis II wake-up playlist on Spotify and social media, matching the music used on Orion to start each workday.
- Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen chose the songs, which Mission Control in Houston transmits to end each sleep period.
- The set includes Sleepyhead by Young & Sick, Green Light by John Legend with André 3000, In a Daydream by Freddy Jones Band, and Good Morning by Mandisa and TobyMac.
- Other picks range from Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan to Tokyo Drifting by Glass Animals with Denzel Curry, Working Class Heroes (Work) by CeeLo Green, Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie, and Lonesome Drifter by Charley Crockett.
- NASA frames the music as a tool for emotional stability and team cohesion during deep-space operations, and the tradition traces back to Gemini and Apollo as the crew heads for a planned Pacific Ocean splashdown.