announced first single Up in the Air

In February 2013, it was announced that ” Up in the Air ” would be the first single from the fourth album. In partnership with NASA , Thirty Seconds to Mars launched the first copy of “Up in the Air” aboard the Dragon spacecraft on SpaceX CRS-2 . The mission was launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket on March 1, 2013, sending the first ever commercial copy of music into space. On March 18, 2013, the single premiered from the International Space Station , after a Q&A session with the band and Expedition 35 flight engineer Tom Marshburn , while Annise Parker , mayor of the city of Houston, proclaimed the Thirty Seconds to Mars Day. “Up in the Air” made its radio debut on March 18 and became commercially available for downloading the following day. The song reached number three on the US Alternative Songs chart and experienced success in international markets.