On this day, May 5th, in 1961 – Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America’s first space traveler as he made a fifteen minute suborbital flight in a capsule, but this isn’t the Discovery channel…

September 1977 – ‘Magic Fly’ is the first single released by ‘Space’ – the legendary French electro pop band. They go on to sell over 12 million records worldwide… This track rocketed up the charts in the UK to reach number 2, further cementing electro music into the pop scene.