The stars appear to be aligned for NASA’s Moon rocket to finally take off this Saturday. The unpiloted rocket launch was initially planned for Monday but had to be rescheduled due to an engine cooling issue. If all goes well, the Artemis Moon rocket will take off at 2:15pm local time from Kennedy Space Center in Florida and spend 37 days in space, orbiting the Moon from about 60 miles away. The mission will help plan for future astronauts to head back to the Moon – including the first woman and first person of color to walk on its surface – in 2025 at the earliest.

As we prepare to watch the Artemis launch into space, let’s blast off into the weekend with music that’s out-of-this-world. For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that mention rockets do you want to hear?

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Songs Played:
DJ Shadow – Rocket Fuel feat. De La Soul
Air – Surfing on a Rocket
The Kinks – Supersonic Rocket Ship
The Smashing Pumpkins – Rocket
Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
Kate Bush – Rocket’s Tail
Sonic Youth – Silver Rocket
Devo – Human Rocket (Bonus Track!)