Space serenade: Astronaut has 4 flutes in orbit
(AP) -- Musical astronaut Catherine Coleman has plenty of flutes to pick from aboard the International Space Station.
One is her own. Two belong to members of the Irish group, The Chieftains. And one belongs to the flutist with the Jethro Tull band.
On Wednesday, she played a couple tunes for radio and TV interviewers.
Coleman says she prefers creating music with other people. But she's the only flutist among the six-member space station crew. So she puts flute music on in the background, and plays along.
She says she enjoys creating her "own little world" with music. She hopes to team up with the Chieftain and Tull flutists for a live space-to-ground concert before she returns to Earth in May.
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