(CNN) — How long does it take to reach Venus? For Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly),” it took nearly 14 minutes to travel all the way to the planet of love, a distance of about 158 million miles, NASA announced Monday. The agency transmitted the song to the planet via radio antennas near Barstow, California,...
Missy Elliott’s “The Rain ,” took 14 minutes to travel all the way to Venus, a distance of about 158 million miles, NASA announced Monday. The agency transmitted the song via radio antennas in California.NASA announced that it transmitted Missy Elliott's"The Rain " to Venus, which took a total of 14 minutes to travel. For Missy Elliott’s “The Rain ,” it took nearly 14 minutes to travel all the way to the planet of love, a distance of about 158 million miles,.
“My song ‘The Rain’ has officially been transmitted all the way to Venus, the planet that symbolizes strength, beauty and empowerment,” ElliottNASA did not say why it chose to transmit a song into space again — just the second time after The Beatles’ “Across the Universe” was sent to the North Star, Polaris, in 2008. Culturally, though, that the song was sent at all may signal Elliott’s position as one of Earth’s singular artists.
The artist plays with space iconography in her work often, something NASA nodded to in a statement about the transmission. NASA pitched ideas to Elliott about collaborating with the agency, before settling on this effort. “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,” said Brittany Brown, a director in NASA’s communications office.Though transmissions of songs are rare, NASA has sent music to space in other ways. Most notably, aboard Voyager 1 and 2 in 1977, NASA included aElliott has been receiving long-due recognition here on Earth, too.
NASA’s transmission of a hip-hop song to Venus is a first for the agency. But for Missy Elliott, you could say she’s already been to space.Weather News
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