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Space Oddity. " Space Oddity " is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was first released on 11 July 1969 by Philips Records as a 7-inch single, then as the opening track of his second studio album, David Bowie.
Released as the album's lead single on 1 August 1980, "Ashes to Ashes" became Bowie's second No. 1 UK single and his fastest-selling single. The song's music video, co-directed by Bowie and David Mallet, was at the time the most expensive music video ever made. [1] The solarised video features Bowie as a clown, an astronaut and an asylum inmate ...
The song actually says little about Major Tom, except to call him a "junkie"; The context of the lyrics seems to indicate that the song is mainly about Bowie's own experiences with drug addiction, rather than a literal continuation of the Major Tom story. Alternatively, the song can be interpreted to provide detailed information on Tom's story ...
Gene Cernan. Eugene Andrew Cernan ( / ˈsɜːrnən /; March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the 11th human being to walk on the Moon. As he re-entered the Apollo Lunar Module after Harrison Schmitt ...
Carter is first Black astronaut on Moon mission. Major Tom: David Bowie's songs (1969–2015) and various other songs Unknown Contemporary Astronaut sent on a mission "one hundred thousand miles" away from the Earth, as chronicled in "Space Oddity" (1969), and who loses contact
The Bob & Tom Show is a syndicated US radio program established by Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold at radio station WFBQ in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 7, 1983, and syndicated nationally since January 6, 1995. Originally syndicated by Premiere Networks, the show moved to Cumulus Media Networks (now Westwood One) at the beginning of 2014.
Gemini 9A. Apollo 10. Apollo–Soyuz Test Project. Mission insignia. Retirement. November 1, 1979. Thomas Patten Stafford (September 17, 1930 – March 18, 2024) was an American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and one of 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon. He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1969 to 1971.
Kristi Lee. Kristi Lee (Born Theresa Gibson) [1] is the news director and a co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show The Bob & Tom Show and is responsible for delivering newscasts of various headlines (which are often used for humorous takeoffs) during the show. She is also a member of the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame Class of ...