Astra Perdita (Four Piano Vignettes for Those Lost Exploring the Stars)

Mark Robert Henderson

6 SONGS • 23 MINUTES • JAN 05 2024

1

Vladimir Komarov, unable to orient his craft towards the sun, takes one last sighing look at Earth to reflect upon his caprice before starting his final descent.

Mark Robert Henderson feat. Roxana Frizzi

03:20

2

It was 40 seconds between loss of cabin pressure and the cardiac arrest of G. Dobrovolsky, V. Volkov, and V. Patsayev. To date they are the only humans to die above the Kármán line.

Mark Robert Henderson feat. Roxana Frizzi

01:47

3

A tiny belated lullaby for the children who watched the Challenger launch at school.

Mark Robert Henderson feat. Roxana Frizzi

03:03

4

00:41

5

"...the machine was talking, but why was nobody hearing, how were the signals missed?", George Wallace at the Columbia disaster press conference, reflecting on the foam debris that wounded the shuttle's starboard wing

Mark Robert Henderson feat. Roxana Frizzi

02:57

6

Astra Perdita (Full Program)

Mark Robert Henderson feat. Roxana Frizzi

11:47

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