NASA Releases Artemis II Wakeup Playlist

NASA has released the official wakeup song playlist for the Artemis II mission, featuring a diverse selection of tracks chosen to rouse the four astronauts as they return from a historic lunar flyby. The 10-day mission, which launched on April 1 aboard the Orion spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marks the first crewed voyage around the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. The crew, commanded by Reid Wiseman and including Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, achieved a maximum distance from Earth of 252,756 miles, traveling farther than any humans before and capturing images of the moon's far side and an eclipse from space.

The playlist, shared on Spotify under NASA's verified account and titled "Artemis II WakeUp Songs," currently includes eight tracks spanning genres and eras. It begins with "Sleepyhead" by Young Sick, followed by "Green Light" by John Legend featuring André 3000, "In a Daydream" by Freddy Jones Band, "Pink Pony Club" by Chappell Roan, "Working Class Heroes (Work)" by CeeLo Green, "Good Morning" by Mandisa and TobyMac, "Tokyo Drifting" by Glass Animals and Denzel Curry, and "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie. Each song was selected...