Space Shuttle Buffett Wake-up Calls

[Floridaze]

With the last Shuttle mission planned for tomorrow I thought I would share the Buffett wake-up call songs played throughout the Shuttle Program...hate to see it end!! Go Atlantis!!


Use of music to awaken astronauts on space missions dates back at least to the Apollo Program, when astronauts returning from the Moon were serenaded by their colleagues in mission control with lyrics from popular songs that seemed appropriate to the occasion. The Apollo 15 crew, whose spacecraft was named “America,” (sic) [This was actually the name of the Apollo 17 command module] was awakened one morning with a segment of “The City of New Orleans” beginning with the lyrics, “Good morning America, how are you?” Several crews have awakened on their final day in space to Dean Martin’s popular song “Going Back to Houston.”
The common element of all these selections is that they promote a sense of camaraderie and esprit de corps among the astronauts and ground support personnel. That, in fact, is the sole reason for having wake-up music; and it is the reason that NASA management has neither attempted to dictate its content nor allowed outside interests to influence the process.



STS-44
11/28/91 Recorded turkey gobbles followed by “Cheeseburger in Paradise” Jimmy Buffett
STS-49
5/15/92 “Son of a Son of a Sailor” by Jimmy Buffett
STS-51
9/14/93 “Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitudes” by Jimmy Buffett
STS-71
7/2/95 “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes” by Jimmy Buffett
STS-79
9/20/96 “Cheeseburger in Paradise” by Jimmy Buffett referring to Shannon Lucid’s thoughts of her diet after returning to Earth.
STS-115
7/16/2006 "Twelve Volt Man" by Jimmy Buffett for Mission Specialist Dan Burbank.
STS-122
2/13/2008 “Oysters and Pearls” by Jimmy Buffett, was played for Pilot Alan Poindexter.

[dnw]

Thanks, that is interesting.

[springparrot]

Thanks for the list!
I thought Window On the World was used?

[dnw]

Thanks for the list!
I thought Window On the World was used?

Me too.

[looking4OPH]

STS-51
9/14/93 “Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitudes” by Jimmy Buffett
STS-71
7/2/95 “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes” by Jimmy Buffett

I did not realize there were two different versions of that song.

[Floridaze]

Thanks for the list!
I thought Window On the World was used?

Me too.

It was - you are correct:

With shuttle Endeavour docked at the station in an orbit 220 miles above Earth, Mission Control sent up special wake-up music on Tuesday afternoon at 4:14 p.m.: Window On The World by Jimmy Buffett.

"That song is very appropriate today," said Endeavour mission specialist Kay Hire, who, like Buffett, is a native of Mobile, Ala. "On a day that we'll be working on opening our new window on the world."

[springparrot]

Thanks for the list!
I thought Window On the World was used?

Me too.

It was - you are correct:

With shuttle Endeavour docked at the station in an orbit 220 miles above Earth, Mission Control sent up special wake-up music on Tuesday afternoon at 4:14 p.m.: Window On The World by Jimmy Buffett.

"That song is very appropriate today," said Endeavour mission specialist Kay Hire, who, like Buffett, is a native of Mobile, Ala. "On a day that we'll be working on opening our new window on the world."

Thanks!

[catsway]

Thanks for the list!
I thought Window On the World was used?

Me too.

It was - you are correct:

With shuttle Endeavour docked at the station in an orbit 220 miles above Earth, Mission Control sent up special wake-up music on Tuesday afternoon at 4:14 p.m.: Window On The World by Jimmy Buffett.

"That song is very appropriate today," said Endeavour mission specialist Kay Hire, who, like Buffett, is a native of Mobile, Ala. "On a day that we'll be working on opening our new window on the world."

Jimmy made mention of the Window on the World wake up call and performed the song during the Jacksonville show in 2010. Thank goodness for John Hiatt!

[wanderingtoes]

When I was at a Houston show several years ago, he had the Shuttle on live on the Jumbo and he was talking with them, and we lost contact for a few minutes, Jimmy quickly said, "Houston we got a damn problem here". The crowd roared with approval, it was a moment for sure. One of the Commanders was a PH and I think on the shuttle they played Cheeseburger, as best I recall.

[clearlakeparrot]

All Houston shows get a shout out to JSC. I spent 2 years in the MCC 2001-2002 9 missions