Wake up sleeping satellite – #wakeuprosetta
Singer Tasmin Archer kindly sent this message to Europe’s ‘sleeping satellite’, ESA’s comet-chaser Rosetta. Thanks, Tasmin!
Tasmin Archer is the well-known British singer, whose song ‘Sleeping Satellite’ about the Apollo missions to the Moon was her first single released in 1992. The song went to Number 1 in the UK and Ireland singles charts, and also broke into the US, German and Australian music charts. The song has been covered by numerous artists, including Kim Wilde. Tasmin famously performed an acoustic version of Sleeping Satellite at the International Astronautical Congress Opening ceremony in Glasgow, September 2008 (see http://youtu.be/owYZOOIXUAs).
Video copyright: T. Archer
Sleeping Satellite written by: T. Archer, J. Beck, J. Hughes (courtesy Quiverdisc)
Video produced by tasminarcher.com
corny as hell
Her voice made me feel like I was a robot in the future been woken up… damn, where Am I?
This lovely lady has such an amazing voice-I could have listened to a whole song! Nice and wonderful, I think that goes great with science. ESA you are great and I look forward to learning more while also being entertained, its all good. Thank you ESA
A nice song, wake up Rosetta. I like it.
" sleeping satellite" huge '92 hit, thx Jasmin
Aw – that's so cool! Tasmin Archer is wonderful. I still consider sleeping satellite one of the best songs I ever heard, her voice is amazing!