The Endeavour astronauts are up and at it again today after a rousing wake-up song that was followed by a raucous smoke alarm that resounded through the shuttle and the International Space Station.
Specialist in the Russian Mission Control Center quickly determined that it was a false alarm -- word that was quickly radioed up to the astronauts aboard the docked shuttle.
Engineers and the crew still are unsure exactly what set off the alarm in the Russian Zvezda Service Module, which is a command-and-control center that doubles as crew quarters.
Station commander Mike Finicke and flight engineer Yury Lonchakov could find no signs of smoke in the cylindrical module, which is an updated version of the core module of the Russian Mir Space Station, which flew between 1986 and the turn of the century.
The false alarm followed the shuttle crew's wake-up music -- Fanfare For The Common Man, by renowned composer Aaron Copeland, one of the most recognizable pieces of 20th century American classical music.
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