Coffee Break: Songs for Carl Sagan

In 2002, Steve McQueen he created a 70 minute video called "Once Upon a Time," using images taken from what's known as the Golden Record - a collection of generic images selected by Carl Sagan to be carried on the Voyageur space probe on the off-chance it met with intelligent lifeforms who wanted to know who made the craft.Courtesy Walker Art Center

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November 09, 2018

Carl Edward Sagan was born in Brooklyn on this day in 1934.

He passed away in December 1996, but not before becoming a world-renowned astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science popularizer in astronomy and other natural sciences.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear for Carl Sagan?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

The Beatles - Across The Universe
Saint Etienne - Stars Above Us
Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking - A Glorious Dawn
Night Moves - Carl Sagan
Liz Phair - Supernova
Pink Floyd - Set the Controls of the Heart of the Sun
Frank Black - Places Named After Numbers
Deep Purple - Space Truckin'