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NASA has sent a hip hop song to space for the very first time — and it chose the ineffable Melissa "Missy" Elliott as the first rap artist whose work will grace the cosmos.
As that same press release notes, "The Rain" is only the second song to ever have its lyrics transmitted to space, after the, which uses a series of three giant equidistant radio dishes in Australia, California, and Spain to communicate with spacecraft and transmit signals to other off-world bodies, too.
What's even cooler: the lyrics to the ethereal track, which feature a sample of soul artist Ann Peebles' 1973 single "," were conveyed to Venus at the speed of light. It got from the DSN's American radio antenna near Barstow to the "Both space exploration and Missy Elliott’s art have been about pushing boundaries," enthused Brittany Brown, the director of NASA's digital and technology division at its Washington HQ who initially pitched the idea to the artist's team. "Missy has a track record of infusing space-centric storytelling and futuristic visuals in her music videos, so the opportunity to collaborate on something out of this world is truly fitting.
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