NASA releases collection of space-related audio files

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Let the ringtone/remix fun begin! From NASA today: Here's a collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights and current missions. You can hear the roar of a space shuttle launch or Neil Armstrong's "One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind" every time you get a phone call. Or, you can hear the memorable words "Houston, we've had a problem," every time you make an error on your computer.

Here are audio files in both MP3 and M4R (iPhone) formats.
I will never forget hearing this one, the sound of the space shuttle launching, with my own ears.

(Image above from STS-135: Riding a plume of fire, space shuttle Atlantis heads into the cloud-laden sky over Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Image credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Tom Farrar) Read More ...