That tune it out of this planet! Black Eyed Peas star Will.i.am debuts his new song... on Mars

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Tonight's gonna be a good night: Will.i.am saw his new song Reach For The Star debuted on Mars tonight, seen here at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California

Will.i.am has premiered his new single - from Mars.
The NASA rover Curiosity beamed to Earth his new song Reach for the Stars tonight (Tuesday) in the first music broadcast from another planet, to the delight of students who gathered at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to listen.
In an unlikely tie-in with NASA, the Black Eyed Peas hitmaker – who has signed up for a second series of BBC One talent show The Voice – will play his new song through the speakers of the Curiosity robot rover that landed successfully on Mars earlier this month.

Making history: The rapper and former astronaut Leland Melvin (L) listen along with Mission Control engineers as the track is played from the surface of the planet Mars, beamed to Earth from the Mars rover Curiosity

The U.S. space agency livestreamed the rap, playing back the audio - a journey of some 700million miles.
Will.i.am is no stranger to outlandish stunts, but this time there is a serious motive to encourage interest in science and space exploration.
His new song will beam down from the Curiosity space probe to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, where Will.i.am is hosting an educational initiative on interplanetary exploration with his charity i.am.angel.

Say cheese: Delighted students gathered at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to listen

It won’t be the first time the rapper has been involved in a science stunt. On Election Day in 2008, he appeared on American news channel CNN as a hologram.
The star was present at the Pasadena laboratory when the rover landed on Mars on August 12.
NASA said last night that the track describes Will.i.am’s passion for science, technology and space exploration.
Will.i.am, real name William James Adams, has sold 9.5 million singles in Britain either as a solo artist or with the Black Eyed Peas.

Out of this world: The U.S. star kept his fans up to date by tweeting snaps from the event

Pumping out the sound: The song was livestreamed through the speakers of the Curiosity rover which landed on Mars two weeks ago



source: dailymail