Written by
NASA: Music to Wake Up By
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on
GEMINI 5
DATE: August 26, 1965
⊹ Unknown by Al Hirt (Jazz)
Comment:
- From Gene Kranz “Failure is not an Option” (2000): “The next two days became really limited. The seesaw effect of powering up and down took a toll, and then the Gemini thrusters started to fail, further limiting the flight plan. With the crew in drifting flight and many experiments canceled, (James) McDivitt, now a CapCom, decided it was time to pipe some Al Hirt jazz up to the crew for wake-up. Another MCC tradition was born.” (26 August is an approximate date)