NASA has revealed the playlist of wake-up songs made for the Artemis II crew, featuring the likes of Chappell Roan, Queen, David Bowie, Glass Animals and more.
The 10-day mission mission from NASA began on April 1 and sees a crew of four astronauts embark on journey around the moon and back. It is the first time humans have attempted the feat in over 50 years, and will allow the team look at parts of the moon never seen before.
On Saturday (April 4), it was revealed that Chappell Roan’s hit 2023 single ‘Pink Pony Club’ was used as one of the songs to help the crew wake up, and now NASA has dropped the full playlist of songs used on the mission so far.
‘Artemis II Wake-Up Songs’ fittingly begins with ‘Sleepyhead’ by Young & Sick, before moving into John Legend and Andre 3000’s ‘Green Light’.
Before ‘Pink Pony Club’, there is ‘In A Daydream’ by Freddy Jones Band and rounding off the playlist is CeeLo Green’s ‘Working Class Heroes’, Mandisa’s ‘Good Morning’, Glass Animals and Denzel Curry’s collab ‘Tokyo Drifting’, and the classic Queen and David Bowie collab ‘Under Pressure’.
“You asked for it. Here it is. The official Artemis II wake‑up song playlist,” NASA wrote on Instagram. “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.”
There is still one more day left to go on the mission, and more new tracks are expected to be added to the playlist before the journey comes to an end.
“Thank you sooooo much for having me aboard!! My life will never be the same,” wrote Young & Sick in the comments on Instagram, while Glass Animals also shared their gratitude, adding: “This is the coolest thing that’s ever happened to me in my life ever.”
“To infinity and beyond muthafucka,” Denzel Curry wrote on X/Twitter, also claiming that he is now “the First Rapper Played in Space.”
To infinity and beyond muthafucka
— Denzel Curry (@denzelcurry) April 7, 2026
The First Rapper Played in Space
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MUTT THAT BIH
4 Shooters Only
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— Denzel Curry (@denzelcurry) April 7, 2026
When it was revealed that Chappell Roan’s huge hit made it onto the space mission playlist, members of the crew also lightheartedly vented their frustrations as it lost signal and cut out one minute in.
“We were all eagerly awaiting the chorus,” Commander Reid Wiseman was heard saying on the Saturday livestream of the lunar mission, before the Capsule Communicator could be heard replying and promising to “try again next time”.
