Yannick plays America for the space launch

There’s no publicity like space publicity.

Press release from Philadelphia:
(Philadelphia, August 26, 2022)—On Monday, August 29, a performance of “America the Beautiful” by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra, with legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma, will air during NASA’s pre-launch broadcast event ahead of the Artemis I launch. The performance was pre-recorded and will air at approximately 6:38 AM ET across all of NASA’s digital platforms: NASA TV, nasa.gov, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, Dailymotion.

The launch event will also include celebrity appearances by Jack Black, Chris Evans, and Keke Palmer, as well as a special performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” by Josh Groban and Herbie Hancock.