NASA Transmits Missy Elliott's Hip-Hop Song To Venus At Speed Of Light
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This is the first time hip-hop has been transmitted into orbit. Until now, the system had only sent one other song into space.
American superstar Missy Elliott has a new achievement to her name. She recently became the first hip-hop artist to have a song beamed to a planet. Venus is her favourite planet, so after more than 30 years in the music industry, American space agency NASA gave her debut solo single a one-way ticket to Earth's neighbour. YOOO this is crazy! We just went #OutOfThisWorld with @NASA and sent the FIRST hip hop song into space through the Deep Space Network. My song “The Rain” has officially been transmitted all the way to Venus, the planet that symbolizes strength, beauty and empowerment. The sky is… pic.twitter.com/g6HofNQSt1
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory sent the lyrics of her hit song, "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)", 158 million miles into space to the Earth's 'evil twin'. This was done via the 122-foot-wide Deep Space Station 13 (DSS-13) radio dish antenna located at the Deep Space Network (DSN) Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California. The DSN is equipped with a variety of enormous radio antennas that enable missions to monitor, communicate with, and receive data from spacecraft.
Notably, this is the first time hip-hop has been transmitted into orbit. Until now, the system had only sent one other song into space. The song "Across the Universe" by the Beatles, was beamed to the North Star in 2008.
