Wake up! Commander Steve Frick

Wake-up calls are a long-standing tradition of the NASA program. Each day during the mission, flight controllers in the Mission Control Center will greet the crew with an appropriate musical interlude.

STS-122 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 3: The theme song to the Prairie The theme song to the Prairie Home Companion by Spencer Williams was played for STS-122 Commander Stephen Frick.

"Music is a great help because it sort of grounds you, and it gives you memories. I can only imagine what it's like to be up there looking back on Earth. I can imagine for the space crew when you're out there for such a long time and missing home that it would be very good to get a reminder that will take you back." ~ Paul McCartney

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[flatsignedbooks]

I wonder if "the eating of the beans" is still done before on launch day

[veloise]

"The theme song to the Prairie Home Companion..." is not quite right. Powdermilk Biscuits is a long-time advertiser on the show, and this is one of the commercials for that product. The current theme is "Tishimingo Blues," and some years back it was "Hello Love."

Garrison Keillor can wake me up anytime!

[watchnasatvcom]

Fun photos of Commander Frick, but I had to turn the volume down. Sorry Steve. :)