NASA drops Artemis II moon mission playlist with astronauts' wake-up songs

U.S. NASA drops Artemis II moon mission playlist. These are the astronauts' wake-up songs. By Melissa Gaffney Melissa Gaffney Deputy Managing Editor Melissa Gaffney is a deputy managing editor for CBSNews.com. Read Full Bio Melissa Gaffney April 8, 2026 / 5:31 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google As the Artemis II mission crew heads back toward Earth following a history-making trip around the moon this week, NASA dropped the astronauts' highly anticipated morning playlist."You asked for it. Here it is," NASA wrote Wednesday on social media, sharing the list via Spotify. "Each track was selected by the Moon crew, continuing a tradition that started more than 50 years ago. Stay tuned to find out which songs they'll choose next."The current eight-song list includes:"Sleepyhead" by Young & Sick"Green Light (feat. André 3000)" by John Legend and André 3000"In a Daydream" by Freddy Jones Band"Pink Pony Club" by Chappell Roan"Working Class Heroes (Work)" by CeeLo Green"Good Morning" by Mandisa and TobyMac"Tokyo Drifting" by Glass Animals and Denzel Curry"Under Pressure" by Queen and David BowieArtemis II commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen were launched into space on April 1 for their 10-day moon mission. Earlier this week, they completed a lunar flyby, becoming the first astronauts to loop around the moon in more than half a century. The crew captured stunning photos of Earth, the far side of the moon and an eclipse in space. Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window on April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon. NASA The astronauts are the first humans to have seen with their own eyes large swaths of the far side of the moon in daylight, and they traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history, reaching a maximum distance from Earth of 252,756 miles.The crew has woken up to music each day — "Under Pressure" played Wednesday — which is a trad...