U2 rocks in NASA’s orbit
U2 and NASA have released a video highlighting one year’s worth of collaboration in space… as well as the Irish band’s 360 Degree tour.
U2 approached NASA in 2009 with an idea to include a dialogue between the band and the crew of the International Space Station during the world tour. The astronauts spoke with the rockers several times before recording a video segment which the band incorporated into its gigs.
“Working with U2 is atypical for NASA,” said Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA’s associate administrator for space ops. “By combining their world tour with the space station’s out-of-this-world mission, more people – and different people than our normal target audiences -learned about the International Space Station and the important work we are doing in orbit.”
