NASA has uploaded a huge collection of sounds from various space missions to their official SoundCloud account. The sounds are available for free download and they’re released under the Creative Commons license.
The collection features hundreds of sounds which were recorded during various space flights and test launches. You’ll find some memorable quotes (like the legendary “One small step for a man” speech by Neil Armstrong), and tons of totally awesome radio chatter from Houston. The library also contains the sounds of various jet engines (although I wish these were recorded a bit better) and some really cool recordings of various space objects.
Without any doubt, this collection of space sounds is a goldmine for music producers as sound designers. The drawback is that the sounds are provided in MP3 format, but even so the sound collection is totally awesome.
The sounds are released under the Creative Commons license and you can use them for free in your musical work, as long as you credit NASA as the source of the sounds. To make sure that you’re absolutely playing it by the rules, take a look at their official file use policy.
Here’s a small preview of all the stuff which you can download for free on the SoundCloud page linked below.
The sounds can be downloaded individually (there’s no shortcut to download them all at once). Choose the sounds which you want to download and then click the “download this track” button which is labeled by an arrow pointing downwards.
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The NASA sound collection is available for free download via SoundCloud (MP3 format).
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I agree, maybe not top-quality, but an impressive and emotional pile of stuff. I especially loved some radio waves and communication talks. Engines blasts are nice too.
It struck me because two years ago I was looking for exactly this type of audio material for a theater show. Thank you Tom!
The NASA audio and media archive have always been public domain, I think the only news is them putting it all on Soundcloud. I produced a song using some samples about two years ago: https://soundcloud.com/artistnameofficial/robert-anthony-space-cowboy