Today in 1968, Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin died.

Gagarin was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that mention space, planets, rockets, etc. do you want to hear?

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Songs played

Planet Claire - The B-52s
My Moon My Man - Feist
Tatooine - Jeremy Messersmith
Rocket - The Smashing Pumpkins
Meteor - The Bird And The Bee
Galaxy Bounce - The Chemical Brothers
Intergalactic - Beastie Boys
Set the Controls of the Heart of the Sun - Pink Floyd