A swag of cool music just landed on the moon… in case aliens are getting bored of hearing Taylor Swift

A lunar landing spacecraft has delivered a time caspule to the moon, containing various pop cultural artefacts including a bunch of rock classics.

The spacecraft, called Odysseus, marks the first time a private lander has successfully landed on the moon and is the first American craft to touch down since 1972.

The lander brought a time capsule to the moon containing arty artefacts including a documentary Climate Refugees and a swag of cool music.

The capsule spans millennia, even containing a Sumerian cuneiform fragment of musical notation. Yep, you’ll have to Google that one.

Artists whose music appears in the collection include Marvin Gaye, Santana, Chuck Berry, Bob Marley, Janis Joplin and The Who. Oh, and Timbaland – just to keep things somewhat modern.

It also has photos of music events like Woodstock and brilliant examples of album art, such as Pink Floyd‘s The Dark Side Of The Moon.

Some of the material included songs that haven’t been released. “Songs that have never been released, ever — they’re on the moon now,” said Dallas Santana, who came up with the idea of sending artists’ work to the moon. “The world will find out about them,” he insisted.

Antonino Tati

THE POP SHOP