May 23, 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: 11-154

NASA ANNOUNCES STS-134 WAKEUP SONG WINNERS; FACE IN SPACE TOTALS

HOUSTON -- NASA announced the winners of its "Original Song Contest" after six weeks of public voting The songs will awaken the STS-134 astronauts aboard space shuttle Endeavour during their ongoing mission

"Sunrise Number 1" by Jorge Otero and the band Stormy Mondays from Oviedo, Spain, earned first place Shuttle Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Greg H Johnson, Mission Specialists Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff and Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency will hear the song at 5:56 p m EDT on May 31 - the day before the crew returns to Earth "Sunrise Number 1" received 787,725 votes, or 49 8 percent of the total ballots

"Dreams You Give" by Brian Plunkett from Halfway, Mo , earned second place with 612,959 votes, or 38 8 percent It will wake the crew at 6:56 p m on May 30

The Original Song Contest received 1,350 entries for consideration, and NASA selected 10 songs as finalists The public cast 1,581,531 votes for their favorite song from March 29 through May 16 To listen to the songs and see the all the results, visit:

https://songcontest nasa gov/voteOrigResult aspx

The winning songs also have videos To view the video for "Sunrise Number 1," visit:

http://www youtube com/watch?v=SeLWcCM5E4Y

To view the video for "Dreams you Give," visit:

http://www youtube com/watch?v=evry9loMlu4

NASA also released the final tally of submissions to the Space Shuttle Program's "Face in Space" campaign for the STS-134 mission Participants submitted 128,940 photos for uplink to Endeavour via the Mission Control Center 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 Endeavour

More than 7,550 other photos already have been submitted to fly aboard the last shuttle mission targeted to launch July 8 Submissions will be accepted through the liftoff date To take part in the STS-135 Face in Space campaign, visit:

http://faceinspace nasa gov

For more information about the Space Shuttle Program and the STS-134 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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