'Tranquility Base' Composed By Grammy Winner Eric Brace

NASA released a tribute video on its website remembering Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on another world, on the first anniversary of his death August 25.

Red Beet Records recording artist and Grammy nominee Eric Brace, with some video assistance from NASA, honors Armstrong with an original composition, "Tranquility Base," originally written to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11 in 2009.

Brace's song begins:

 "Tell me Neil, what you were thinking
 With all of us watching you on the TV
 Taking small steps and giant leaps and planting the flag
 In a place no one had been."

The video shows clips of the Apollo 11 lunar mission along with still photographs combined with Brace's lyrics, which ponder what was going through the minds of the astronauts as they made history on the mission.

NASA is getting something of a reputation in the music video business. Earlier this year, the agency along with the Canadian Space Agency released a video featuring Canadian ISS commander Chris Hadfield, who performed a cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" while aboard the station.

(Image provided by NASA)

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