Curiosity rover plays first song transmitted from another planet
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 18:30
in Astronomy & Space
For the first time in history, a recorded song has been beamed back to Earth from another planet. Students, special guests and news media gathered at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., today to hear "Reach for the Stars" by musician will.i.am after it was transmitted from the surface of Mars by the Curiosity rover.