Our Five Favorite Space Shuttle Wake Ups By Mission Control

3.) Reveille on the Shuttle

It’s an oldie but a goodie. On the last day of STS-1, the first Space Shuttle flight, Astronauts Young and Crippen awoke to a mashup of the famous military bugle call, birds chirping, and Looney Tunes. In retrospect, the first mission was much simpler than later missions. There was no celebrity wakeup or top 40 song to great the astronauts as they awoke from their slumber. Yet it showed the NASA’s sense of humor and set a high standard for crew wake ups on the other 100+ Space Shuttle missions.

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