Feb 25, 2011

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa gov

Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle j herring@nasa gov

RELEASE: 11-055

NASA ANNOUNCES STS-133 WAKEUP SONG WINNERS; FACE IN SPACE TOTALS

HOUSTON -- Following months of public voting, NASA announced the two winners of the "Top 40 Song Contest," which will awaken space shuttle crew members during their ongoing mission The agency also released the final tally of submissions to the Space Shuttle Program's "Face in Space" campaign Participants cast almost 2 5 million votes for the song contest and submitted more than 292,000 photographs for the Face in Space campaign

"Blue Sky" by Big Head Todd and the Monsters, the most requested song to wake up shuttle Discovery's crew during the STS-133 mission, collected 722,659 votes The song received 29 3 percent of the total votes Finishing second was the "Theme from Star Trek" (original series), which also will serve as a wake up song It received 671,133 votes, or 27 2 percent of the votes To see the results for all 40 songs, visit:

https://songcontest nasa gov

There were 2,463,521 votes cast during the contest that ran from Aug 20, 2010, through Nov 1 Participants voted from a list of 40 songs that have previously awakened shuttle crews

NASA's Face in Space campaign received 194,181 photos that will be uplinked to shuttle Discovery via Mission Control 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 Discovery

More than 98,000 other photos already have been submitted to fly aboard the next shuttle mission Shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 flight is targeted to launch April 19 Submissions will be accepted though the liftoff date

To take part in the Face in Space campaign, visit:

http://faceinspace nasa gov

For more information about the Space Shuttle Program and the STS-133 mission to the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

For more information about the space station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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