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In spite of DOGE\u2019s vicious attacks on government agencies<\/a> and the privatization of space travel into Katy Perry vacation opportunities<\/a>, NASA is making history right now. Artemis II is the first manned lunar mission of the 21st century, launching over 50 years after the Apollo program ended in the 1972. So far, so good, it seems. The four astronauts onboard \u2014 Americans Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman and Canadian Jeremy Hansen \u2014 have swung around to the far side of the moon<\/a>, capturing parts of it humans have never seen before. But Houston, we have one major problem: the music. Get the DJ off the aux!<\/p>\n On Saturday, the astronauts woke up to Chappell Roan\u2019s \u201cPink Pony Club,\u201d the pop superhit about a baby-gay stripper having a ball at a queer L.A. nightclub. Awesome. But they were robbed of the song\u2019s joyous catharsis when it\u00a0cut out at the minute mark. \u201cWe were all eagerly awaiting the chorus,\u201d you can hear commander Reid Wiseman say on the livestream before the capsule commander promises to \u201ctry again next time.\u201d That would be forgivable if Mission Control\u2019s other wake-up song choices<\/a> weren\u2019t so terrible: John Legend? Commercial rock? A 2010s indie-pop song called \u201cSleepyhead\u201d that\u2019s not by Passion Pit? There is an extreme shortage of LGBTQ+ people<\/a> in the space industry, and it shows.<\/p>\n NASA played chappell roan\u2019s pink pony club to wake up the astronauts on artemis II this morning! <\/p>\n \u201cwe were all eagerly awaiting the chorus\u201d pic.twitter.com\/n0pqgkDz16<\/a><\/p>\n