"The Space Program" is a song by American hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, from their sixth and final album, We Got It from Here...
Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone hailed the song as "The triumphant return of the Tribe", and interpreted that the lyrics were "about the end of the world.
"[3] Writing for Pitchfork, Kris Ex called the song "quintessential Tribe", also praising its "sooty bottom heavy warmness, the uncluttered arrangements and bright instrumentation.
[1] Billed as A Tribe Called Quest's final video, it features cameo appearances by Erykah Badu, Black Thought, Vince Staples, Pharrell Williams, Common, Talib Kweli, Questlove, Anderson .Paak, Alicia Keys, Rosario Dawson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Kelly Rowland, Doug E. Fresh, Consequence, Janelle Monáe, and Ladybug Mecca.
[1][9] Rodney Carmichael of NPR stated that the video "propels present-day phenomena — from the racially-charged displacement of inner-city gentrification to the police killings of unarmed African-Americans — into a grim Afrofuturist reality.