Calling all space cadets and cosmonauts! The astronauts of Artemis II successfully returned to Earth after looping around the Moon, but they shouldn't have all the fun. Here's your chance to get lost in space.

"Lunar Lunacy" is what I'm labeling this special space edition of Earth Mixtape. Suit up for almost three hours of intergalactic tracks that will launch you into the stars. New sun-kissed releases, celestial covers, and out-of-this-world jams to go with that goody good moon cheese.

Blast off with these interstellar tracks:

• “Rocketship XL-3” by Man or Astroman?
• “Brave Child of a New World" by Bananagun
• “Strange World” by La Luz
• “Moon in Reverse” by La Luz
• “Fantastic World” by Misha Panfilov and Tomo Katsurada
• “Moon Jellies” by Planetudes
• “Starman” by David Bowie
• “Space Oddity (Live)” by Wilco
• “Life On Mars” by Seu Jorge
• “Beyond The Terra” by Chris Hadfield
• “The sun (bending through the glass)” by Daniel Bachman
• “Across The Universe” by Fiona Apple
• “Space Is The Place” by Sun Ra and His Arkestra
• “Utzp” by Angine de Poitrine
• “In the Middle of the Night Someone Tore Off the Ceiling and Sucked Me into the Sky” by Giraffes? Giraffes!
• “The Last Astronaut” by Butthole Surfers
• “Exploding Suns” by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
• “Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect” by Modest Mouse
• “Space Travel is Boring” by Modest Mouse
• “Sun in My Mouth” by Björk
• “Looks Just Like The Sun” by The Weather Station
• “Cosmic Love” by Florence + the Machine
• “It’s Perfect Out Here in the Sun” by Robber Robber
• “Favorite Sun” by Guerilla Toss
• “STAR WARS” by Buckethead
• “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Earth” by Leonard Nimoy 
• “The Space Travelers Lullaby” by Kamasi Washington
• “Walking on the Moon” by Thundercat
• “Setagaya Koya” by TEKE::TEKE
• “First Light” by CAVS
• “Cosmic Girl” by Jamiroquai
• “Third Stone from the Sun” by Jimi Hendrix
• “Apollo Throwdown (Star Slinger Remix)” by The Go! Team
• “Starry Nights” by Adrian Quesada and Neal Francis
• “Space Song” by Beach House
• “Hide From the Sun” by Goat

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Much gratitude for the talented WPKN DJ, Luis Luna, host of Módulo Lunar / The Lunar Module. Be sure to check out his show for diverse Latinx music from across the American Continent!