It was this day in 1961 that Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. became the first American to go into space, aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule. The suborbital flight lasted 15 minutes and reached a height of 116 miles into the atmosphere, and was by all accounts – pretty damn sweet. We pay tribute to this accomplishment with some equally sweet space themed videos!
This is obviously just a smattering of the many, many space themed songs out there. Feel free to post a link to your favorite in the comments.
And since we can’t find an embed-able video or audio of the Sump Pumps classic “Space Camp” (although you can hear it on their myspace page here) – here’s some equally nerdy guy doing a song on the same topic.
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