Polaris Dawn The song played by astronaut Sarah Gillis on the violin is Rey’s Theme written by John Williams for the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens. While on one hand Sarah created history by doing a spacewalk as a common citizen, on the other hand she won everyone’s heart by performing Rey’s Theme from Star Wars on the violin. Sarah gave this performance in the Crew Dragon spacecraft.
You must be wondering how it reached Earth from space. Actually this performance was recorded and transmitted to Earth via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite. Sara’s musical performance while orbiting the Earth is being praised a lot on social media.
Let us also tell you what Sarah Gillis has to say about this performance. Sarah actually said that she wanted to share this musical moment with the world. She said that she wanted to dedicate this special performance to global unity and human availability. The video went viral on social media within minutes. The most special thing was that along with her, orchestras from different parts of the world were playing at that time. This was an amazing moment in itself.
Polaris Dawn is a five-day space mission which is the world’s first commercial space exploration mission. It includes 4 members who have set out to travel the world of space.
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