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How do composers hear space? What does space sound like? Is there music in space? Narrated by Roger Launius of the Space History Division of the National Air and Space Museum, this series looks at the way music and outer space connect.

Voyager

There's music floating in Outer Space. And we're not just being fancy or poetic. There are actually two disks filled with songs that are floating out ...
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Voyager

There's music floating in Outer Space. And we're not just being fancy or poetic. There are actually two disks filled with songs that are floating out ...
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Composers and Space

What does space sound like—and who decided that? Composers have toyed with themes of space, stars and discovery in music—describing through music the ...
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Performers and Space

Astronaut Carl Walz summed it up: "Taking musical instruments on a ship for an expedition is a tradition, if you will. It’s what makes us human is bec...
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Sputnik

The space age began on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik-the first artificial satellite. Around the world, millions of people tu...
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Composers and Space

What does space sound like—and who decided that? Composers have toyed with themes of space, stars and discovery in music—describing through music the ...
Show notes

Performers and Space

Astronaut Carl Walz summed it up: "Taking musical instruments on a ship for an expedition is a tradition, if you will. It’s what makes us human is bec...
Show notes

Sputnik

The space age began on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik-the first artificial satellite. Around the world, millions of people tu...
Show notes