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Astronauts Wake Up to "Twelve Volt Man"

From the Houston Chronicle: "Astronauts allowed extra hour of sleep"

The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis got to sleep in late Saturday and take a half day off after three arduous and successful spacewalks and a jam-packed week in orbit.

For the shuttle crew, Saturday in space began with a surprise extra hour to sleep as Mission Control purposely put off the morning wake-up call by an hour.

When they awoke, it was to the mellow beach-evoking sounds of Jimmy Buffett’s "Twelve Volt Man".

Astronaut Dan Burbank, whose family sent up the song, called it "a great way to start a day up here in space."