Alongside its serious objectives, like testing the Orion capsule in deep space and imaging lava flows on the lunar surface, NASA’s Artemis 2 lunar mission has its whimsy, too.<\/p>\n
For example, there is a beloved moon toy named “Rise<\/a>” on the mission serving as a zero-gravity indicator and holding a microchip with the names of space fans who signed up to have their presence<\/a> enter the lunar arena. There are also the “wakeup songs,” a tradition carried on from previous crewed missions. These are exactly what you’d expect. Each day, at the designated wakeup time for the Artemis 2 crew, Mission Control radios in to Orion and plays a short snippet of a song to help them start their day with positivity.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The tunes so far include a cover of Passion Pit’s “Sleepyhead” by the artist Young & Sick, “In a Daydream” by Freddy Jones Band and Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club,” which hilariously led to some sass from the crew because Mission Control turned it off before the main part. “We were all eagerly awaiting the chorus,” Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman said. So, in order to follow along, we made a Spotify playlist<\/a> of the Artemis 2 mission soundtrack. We’ll keep updating this article as we get more wakeup song reveals.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n Here are the songs so far:<\/p>\n Flight Day 1: “Sleepyhead” by Young & Sick<\/p>\n Flight Day 2: “Green Light” by John Legend (feat. Andr\u00e9 3000)<\/p>\n Flight Day 3: “In a Daydream” by Freddy Jones Band<\/p>\n Flight Day 4: “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan<\/p>\n Flight Day 5: “Working Class Heroes (Work)” by CeeLo Green<\/p>\n Flight Day 6: “Good Morning” by Mandisa, TobyMac<\/p>\n What to read next<\/p>\n Astronaut wakeup calls go back to the Apollo<\/a> years. For instance, the Apollo 10 astronauts had the song “It’s Nice to Go Trav’ling” by Frank Sinatra as one of their wakeup calls, and Apollo 15 had the theme song from “2001: A Space Odyssey.”<\/p>\n