Jacques van Oene
November 12th 05, 02:49 PM
Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(281) 483-5111
Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-4769
Paul Freundlich
Paul Freundlich Associates
(908) 331-0324
11.10.05
RELEASE: J05-057
Paul McCartney Provides First-Ever Live Station Wakeup Music
The international space station crew, 220 miles above Earth, will receive a
special live musical wakeup call from Paul McCartney Sunday during a
first-ever concert linkup.
The wakeup will come from McCartney's "US" Tour performance at the Anaheim,
Calif., Arrowhead Pond. McCartney plans to play two songs, "Good Day
Sunshine" and "English Tea," for NASA Astronaut Bill McArthur and Russian
Cosmonaut Valery Tokarev. This is the first time a live concert will be
linked to a U.S. spacecraft.
The call will take place at 12:55 a.m. EST, Sunday, Nov. 13 (9:55 p.m. PST,
Nov. 12) as the concert is nearing its end and McArthur and Tokarev are
awakening for the 44th day of their six month mission in space. It will be
broadcast live on NASA TV, with video expected of McArthur and Tokarev and
audio from both locations.
During his tour, McCartney has paid tribute to the crew of space shuttle
Discovery's STS-114 mission, a flight to the space station last summer. On
Aug. 9, the Beatles' classic "Good Day Sunshine" was played as a wakeup call
for Discovery's crew because of a favorable weather forecast for landing
that morning.
"I was extremely proud to find out that one of my songs was played for the
crew of Discovery this summer," McCartney said. "In our concert we hope to
repay the favor." McCartney is nearing the end of his 11-week "US" tour.
"Since people were first awakened on the moon by mission control, wakeup
songs have been a space tradition to brighten the crew's day and get them
off to a great start," said astronaut Eileen Collins, who commanded
Discovery. "We're honored that Paul McCartney will be a part of this
historic delivery of music for Bill and Valery. It will surely give them a
big boost as they continue through their research mission."
McArthur and Tokarev are the 12th crew of the station, which has had a
continuous human presence for more than five years. The station has an
internal volume larger than an average three-bedroom house and includes the
most sophisticated space laboratory ever flown.
NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an MPEG-2
digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west
longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. In Alaska and
Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18C, at
4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast compliant
Integrated Receiver Decoder is required for reception. For digital downlink
information for each NASA TV channel and access to NASA TV's Public Channel
on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about the space station and the crew's mission on the
Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
For more information about McCartney, visit:
http://www.paulmccartney.com
For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/home
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(281) 483-5111
Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-4769
Paul Freundlich
Paul Freundlich Associates
(908) 331-0324
11.10.05
RELEASE: J05-057
Paul McCartney Provides First-Ever Live Station Wakeup Music
The international space station crew, 220 miles above Earth, will receive a
special live musical wakeup call from Paul McCartney Sunday during a
first-ever concert linkup.
The wakeup will come from McCartney's "US" Tour performance at the Anaheim,
Calif., Arrowhead Pond. McCartney plans to play two songs, "Good Day
Sunshine" and "English Tea," for NASA Astronaut Bill McArthur and Russian
Cosmonaut Valery Tokarev. This is the first time a live concert will be
linked to a U.S. spacecraft.
The call will take place at 12:55 a.m. EST, Sunday, Nov. 13 (9:55 p.m. PST,
Nov. 12) as the concert is nearing its end and McArthur and Tokarev are
awakening for the 44th day of their six month mission in space. It will be
broadcast live on NASA TV, with video expected of McArthur and Tokarev and
audio from both locations.
During his tour, McCartney has paid tribute to the crew of space shuttle
Discovery's STS-114 mission, a flight to the space station last summer. On
Aug. 9, the Beatles' classic "Good Day Sunshine" was played as a wakeup call
for Discovery's crew because of a favorable weather forecast for landing
that morning.
"I was extremely proud to find out that one of my songs was played for the
crew of Discovery this summer," McCartney said. "In our concert we hope to
repay the favor." McCartney is nearing the end of his 11-week "US" tour.
"Since people were first awakened on the moon by mission control, wakeup
songs have been a space tradition to brighten the crew's day and get them
off to a great start," said astronaut Eileen Collins, who commanded
Discovery. "We're honored that Paul McCartney will be a part of this
historic delivery of music for Bill and Valery. It will surely give them a
big boost as they continue through their research mission."
McArthur and Tokarev are the 12th crew of the station, which has had a
continuous human presence for more than five years. The station has an
internal volume larger than an average three-bedroom house and includes the
most sophisticated space laboratory ever flown.
NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an MPEG-2
digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west
longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. In Alaska and
Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18C, at
4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast compliant
Integrated Receiver Decoder is required for reception. For digital downlink
information for each NASA TV channel and access to NASA TV's Public Channel
on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about the space station and the crew's mission on the
Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
For more information about McCartney, visit:
http://www.paulmccartney.com
For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/home
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info