Overview
- NASA made the Artemis II wake-up songs available on Spotify and said it will add new tracks as they play, with the crew expected to splash down Friday, April 10 near San Diego.
- The playlist launched with eight songs and has since grown to include Charley Crockett’s “Lonesome Drifter,” joining picks like “Sleepyhead,” “Green Light,” “Pink Pony Club,” and “Under Pressure.”
- NASA said the four Artemis II astronauts—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—selected the daily wake-up music played from Mission Control.
- Livestreams and social posts have boosted interest, from the crew noting “Pink Pony Club” cut off before its chorus to artists celebrating shout-outs, with one featured song’s streams reportedly jumping more than 2,000% globally.
- Wake-up music dates to the mid-1960s Gemini era and helps crews mark each new day in space, a practice that now lets people on Earth follow along in real time through the evolving playlist.