Mars Rover Playlist

And in case it disappears:

Sol 2: Good Morning, Good Morning, by the Beatles.

Sol 3: Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’, by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

Sol 4: Hail to the Chief, by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. (Presidential phone call.)

Sol 5: Satisfaction, by the Rolling Stones. ("I can't get no ...", Air bags not cooperating.)

Sol 6: Get Up, Stand Up, by Bob Marley. (Lift mechanism actuated.)

Sol 7: Da Da Da, by Casaca. (Brazilian song suggested by investigator from Brazil, RRGTM student that week from Brazil.)

Sol 8: Soak Up the Sun, by Cheryl Crow. (Laid-back sol.)

Sol 9: I Can See Clearly Now, by Jimmy Cliff. (Picture taking sol.)

Sol 10: Unchained, by Van Halen; Hit the Road Jack, by Buster Poindexter; Turn, Turn, Turn, by the Byrds. (Cable-cutting, backup on deck. start turn on deck.)

Sol 11: I Get Around, by the Beach Boys; Round and Round, by Ratt; You Spin Me ‘Round, by Thalía. (Rest of turn on deck.)

Sol 12: Born to be Wild, by Steppenwolf; Rawhide, by Riders in the Sky; Who Let The Dogs Out?, by the Baha Men. (Egress.)

Sol 13: Reach Out, by the Four Tops. (First arm activity.)

Sol 14: You’ve Got The Magic Touch, by The Platters. (Touching arm down on Mars.)

Sol 15: If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, by Sting; Roam, by The B-52’s; Good Times Roll, by The Cars. (Last engineering activities, first drive on the surface.)

Sol 16: After Midnight, by Eric Clapton; Trash Day, by Weird Al Yankovic. (Crew starts Mars day after California midnight, part of the sol dedicated to deleting contents of flash.)

Sol 17: We Will Rock You, by Queen. (First arm activities and observations on a rock.)

Sol 18: Sledgehammer, by Peter Gabriel. (Intended first RAT sol, though ran into problems later, to put it mildly.)

Sol 19: S. O. S., by Abba. (Objective was to regain contact with Spirit after a loss of communications. We did.)

Sol 20: Baby, Talk To Me, from the musical Bye Bye Birdie. (Objective was to get Spirit to send data. We did.)

Sol 21: Satellite, by The Hooters. (A rousing lullaby for when we were trying, and succeeded, to get the rover to go to sleep. We did.)

Sol 22: We Can Work It Out, by The Beatles. (Beginning debugging activities to get Spirit back to normal.)

Sol 23: Start Me Up, by the Rolling Stones. (Booting in crippled mode.)

Sol 24: Flash, by Queen. (Clearly a flash problem, continuing to debug.)

Sol 25: (You're The) Devil In Disguise, by Elvis Presley, and With a Little Help From My Friends, by The Beatles. (Continuing debug, got picture!)

Sol 26: I Want A New Drug, by Huey Lewis & The News. (Trying yet another recipe for getting task trace, still didn't work.)

Sol 27: Anticipation, by Carly Simon. (Seeing if the file deletes will do the trick or not. They did.)

Sol 28: On the Road Again, by Willie Nelson. ("Can't wait to get back on ...", back to normal use of the flash file system, itching to get going.)

Sol 29: Here Comes The Sun, by The Beatles. (More normal operations, Mars Express coordinated overflight.)

Sol 30: Lean On Me, performed by Club Nouveau. (Intended RAT brush sol, pressing RAT on rock, though activities did not complete.)

Sol 31: I Wanna Be Sedated, by the Ramones. (Very low activity sol to get the rover rested and ready for surgery on the following sol.)

Sol 32: Wipe Out, by The Surfaris, and We're Not Gonna Take It, by Twisted Sister. (File system reformat.)

Sol 33: Back In The Saddle Again, by Gene Autry, and The Star Spangled Banner, performed by Beyoncé. (Back to normal operations, color flag picture on RAT.)

Sol 34: The Laundry Cycle: Pounded on a Rock, by The Bobs, and Bump N' Grind, by R. Kelly. (First RAT grinding.)

Sol 35: Up Around The Bend, by Credence Clearwater Revival. (Intended drive around lander to begin drive to crater. Didn't get anywhere though.)

Sol 36: Stuck On You, by Elvis Presley. (Drive didn't work yestersol -- we've been stuck here for weeks. Drive did work later that sol.)

Sol 37: Proud Mary, performed by Tina Turner. ("And we're rolling, rolling, rolling on the river ...", first long drive, ended up being more than 20 meters.)

Sol 38: Runnin' With The Devil, by Van Halen. (HGA problem that sol, no activities, song played late in the sol.)

Sol 39: Hit the Road Jack, by Buster Poindexter. (Another long drive -- yes, this is a reuse of that song.)

Sol 40: What A Wonderful World, by Louis Armstrong. (Mars, that is.)

Sol 41: Open Road Song, Eve 6. (Driving song, though only did several inches of driving to position in front of rock.)

Sol 42: Lift Up Every Stone, John Hiatt. (Observations of the rock "Mimi".)

Sol 43: Livin' On A Prayer, Bon Jovi. (Many sols tend to start with our fingers crossed.)

Sol 44: Way Over Yonder, by Carole King. (Heading for that crater.)

Sol 45: Touch Me in the Morning, by Diana Ross. (Touch and go sol.)

Sol 46: Wake Up Little Susie, by The Everly Brothers. (Generic wake-up song.)

Sol 47: Dig Down Deep, by Hot Soup. (Trenching sol.)