NASA Announces STS-133 Wakeup Song Winners; Face In Space Totals
HOUSTON -- Following months of public voting, NASA announced the two winners of the "Top 40 Song Contest," which will awaken space shuttle crew members during their ongoing mission. The agency also released the final tally of submissions to the Space Shuttle Program's "Face in Space" campaign. Participants cast almost 2.5 million votes for the song contest and submitted more than 292,000 photographs for the Face in Space campaign."Blue Sky" by Big Head Todd and the Monsters, the most requested song
to wake up shuttle Discovery's crew during the STS-133 mission,
collected 722,659 votes. The song received 29.3 percent of the total
votes. Finishing second was the "Theme from Star Trek" (original
series), which also will serve as a wake up song. It received 671,133
votes, or 27.2 percent of the votes. To see the results for all 40 songs, visit:
https://songcontest.nasa.gov
There were 2,463,521 votes cast during the contest that ran from Aug.
20, 2010, through Nov. 1. Participants voted from a list of 40 songs
that have previously awakened shuttle crews.
NASA's Face in Space campaign received 194,181 photos that will be
uplinked to shuttle Discovery via Mission Control at NASA's Johnson
Space Center in Houston. The images will return to Earth through a
data transmission, and contributors will be able to print
certificates verifying their photos flew aboard Discovery.
More than 98,000 other photos already have been submitted to fly
aboard the next shuttle mission. Shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 flight
is targeted to launch April 19. Submissions will be accepted though
the liftoff date.
To take part in the Face in Space campaign, visit:
http://faceinspace.nasa.gov
For more information about the Space Shuttle Program and the STS-133
mission to the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
For more information about the space station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
Source: NASA
