Brian May is over the moon\u2014literally\u2014after learning that Under Pressure was used to wake astronauts aboard Artemis II.<\/p>\n
The iconic track, a collaboration between Queen and David Bowie, was part of the wake-up playlist selected for the Artemis II crew. According to NASA, the song played on day eight of the mission, helping rouse astronauts during their 10-day journey around the Moon.<\/p>\n
Reacting to the moment on Instagram, May, who also holds a degree in astrophysics, said he was \u201chappy\u201d by the choice.<\/p>\n
\u201cHappy to be waking up the heroes in their spaceship rounding up their amazing trip around the Moon!!\u201d he wrote. \u201cHappy landings guys!! You rock!!! Bri.\u201d<\/p>\n
Originally released in October 1981, \u201cUnder Pressure\u201d became one of Queen\u2019s most celebrated hits. The track later appeared on their 1982 album Hot Space and achieved major chart success, reaching number\u00a01 in the UK\u00a0and landing in the top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n
The song has continued to influence pop culture over the decades, most notably being sampled in Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice.<\/p>\n
For May, the moment represents a unique crossover between his two passions\u2014music and space. With \u201cUnder Pressure\u201d now part of a historic lunar mission, the legendary guitarist\u2019s work has quite literally reached new heights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brian May is over the moon\u2014literally\u2014after learning that Under Pressure was used to wake astronauts aboard Artemis II.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[157,9,24,63,122,124,123,56253],"class_list":{"0":"post-191023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-queens","13":"tag-queens-headlines","14":"tag-queens-news","15":"tag-viral-trends-drama"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}