Joshua Buck
Headquarters, Washington
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Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
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RELEASE: 11-154
NASA ANNOUNCES STS-134 WAKEUP SONG WINNERS; FACE IN SPACE TOTALS
HOUSTON -- NASA announced the winners of its "Original Song Contest"
after six weeks of public voting. The songs will awaken the STS-134
astronauts aboard space shuttle Endeavour during their ongoing
mission.
"Sunrise Number 1" by Jorge Otero and the band Stormy Mondays from
Oviedo, Spain, earned first place. Shuttle Commander Mark Kelly,
Pilot Greg H. Johnson, Mission Specialists Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel,
Greg Chamitoff and Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency will
hear the song at 5:56 p.m. EDT on May 31 - the day before the crew
returns to Earth. "Sunrise Number 1" received 787,725 votes, or 49.8
percent of the total ballots.
"Dreams You Give" by Brian Plunkett from Halfway, Mo., earned second
place with 612,959 votes, or 38.8 percent. It will wake the crew at
6:56 p.m. on May 30.
The Original Song Contest received 1,350 entries for consideration,
and NASA selected 10 songs as finalists. The public cast 1,581,531
votes for their favorite song from March 29 through May 16. To listen
to the songs and see the all the results, visit:
https://songcontest.nasa.gov/voteOrigResult.aspx
The winning songs also have videos. To view the video for "Sunrise
Number 1," visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeLWcCM5E4Y
To view the video for "Dreams you Give," visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evry9loMlu4
NASA also released the final tally of submissions to the Space Shuttle
Program's "Face in Space" campaign for the STS-134 mission.
Participants submitted 128,940 photos for uplink to Endeavour via the
Mission Control Center 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 Endeavour.
More than 7,550 other photos already have been submitted to fly aboard
the last shuttle mission targeted to launch July 8. Submissions will
be accepted through the liftoff date. To take part in the STS-135
Face in Space campaign, visit:
For more information about the Space Shuttle Program and the STS-134
mission to the International Space Station, visit:
For more information about the space station, visit:
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