HOUSTON, TX  [Tuesday Aug.2.2005]  /WMQT.com/ -- It was one small step for man, one giant leap for U2 last week when the Space Shuttle Discovery crew got a U2 wake-up call.

The sleepy astronauts of Discovery got a rock 'n' roll wake-up call on July 28th, when U2's hit single "Vertigo" was piped through their space ship. Discovery Pilot Jim Kelly requested the song by the Irish rockers.

According to U2.com, this is the first time U2 has been played in space.

Other tunes used to awaken the Space Shuttle Discovery crew include Dire Straits' "Walk Of Life," "I'm Goin' Up," by Claire Lynch, "It's a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong and the Japanese song "Sanpo."

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