During Little Big Town’s version of “Rocket Man” – featured on the new tribute album Restoration – you will notice some interesting space sounds, which are from NASA’s Mission Juno to explore the planet Jupiter. The project unlocked some of the secrets of the planet and the sounds from Juno’s Waves radio instrument were weaved throughout LBT’s harmonies on the song. Dr. Scott Bolton, the Principal Investigator for the Juno mission assisted the band in working the Juno data into the music.

“One of the main reasons why we chose ‘Rocket Man’ was because we were so intrigued by not just, of course, Elton John, but by using the sounds from the Juno project so we had all these Jupiter noises,” says LBT’s Karen Fairchild. “We were like what if we did the acapella version of ‘Rocket Man’ on the Elton record, and [producer] Frank Liddell loved that idea, and we were off to the races…” Bandmate Kimberly Schlapman adds, “…or Jupiter.”

“Rocket Man” is just one of the songs from the new album, Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The compilation, available April 6th, also includes songs from Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves, Brothers Osborne, Dierks Bentley, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and many more.

Little Big Town will help honor Elton’s illustrious career spanning five decades with a TV tribute – Elton John: I’m Still Standing A Grammy Salute – which will air April 10th at 9pm ET/PT on CBS.