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STS-120 Wakeup Calls
Wakeup calls are a long-standing tradition of the NASA program. Each day during the mission, flight controllers in the Mission Control Center will greet the crew with an appropriate musical interlude.

Flight Day 16 STS-120 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 15 -- "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" by Sherman and Sherman was played for Commander Pamerla Melroy.
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Flight Day 15 STS-120 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 15 -- "Space Truckin'" by Deep Purple was played for Expedition 15/16 Flight Engineer and STS-120 Mission Specialist Clay Anderson.
 (1.5 M) MP3 | WAV | Transcript
Flight Day 14 STS-120 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 14 -- "Roll Me Away" by Bob Seger was played for Pilot George Zamka.
 (1.5 M) MP3 | WAV | Transcript
Flight Day 13 STS-120 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 13 -- "The Presence of the Lord," written by gospel musician Kurt Carr, originally recorded by Byron Cage. Cage’s rendition was played for Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson.
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Flight Day 12 STS-120 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 12 -- "Theme from the Stars Wars Trilogy" was played for Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski.
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Flight Day 11 STS-120 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 11 -- "World" by Five for Fighting was played for Doug Wheelock and dedicated to support teams on the ground.
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Flight Day 10 STS-120 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 9 -- "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by Robert John was played for the STS-120 crew members at the request of their training team on the ground.
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Flight Day 9 STS-120 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 9 -- "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu," widely known as 'Volare', by Domenico Modugno was played for Mission Specialist Paolo Nespoli.
 (1.8 M) MP3 | WAV | Transcript
Flight Day 8 STS-120 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 8 -- "Malaguena Salerosae" by Chingon was played for Pilot George Zamka.
 (1.5 M) MP3 | WAV | Transcript
Flight Day 7 STS-120 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 7 -- "One by One" by Wynton Marsalis was played for Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson.
 (1.1 M) MP3 | WAV | Transcript
Flight Day 6 STS-120 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 6 -- "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong was played for Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski.
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Flight Day 5 STS-120 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 5 -- "Bellissime Stelle" (Beautiful Stars) sung by Andrea Bocelli was played for Mission Specialist and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli.
 (1.5 M) MP3 | WAV | Transcript
Flight Day 4 STS-120 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 4 -- "Rocket Man" by Elton John was played for Mission Specialist Douglas Wheelock.
 (1.6 M) MP3 | WAV | Transcript
Flight Day 3 STS-120 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 3 -- "Dancing in the Moonlight" by King Harvest was played for Mission Specialist Dan Tani.
 (0.9 M) MP3 | WAV | Transcript
Flight Day 2 STS-120 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 2 -- "Lord of the Dance" by John Langstaff was played for Commander Pam Melroy.
 (0.9 M) MP3 | WAV | Transcript

Curator: Kim Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: John Ira Petty | Updated: 11/09/2007
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