NASA sends Missy Elliott’s hip-hop song to deep space; netizens say ‘love to see this…’

The US space agency said that the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California sent the transmission.

For the first time, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has said that it transmited a hip-hop song to deep space. As per NASA, on July 12, an inspirational message from Missy Elliott along with lyrics from “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly),” a single on her platinum-record debut album, traveled about 158 million miles (254 million kilometers) into deep space.”

As per Brittany Brown, director, Digital and Technology Division, Office of Communications at NASA Headquarters in Washington said, “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.”

Additionally, the agency noted that the song was transmitted at the speed of light, with the radio frequency signal taking almost 14 minutes to reach the planet.

While speaking on her song being beamed to Venus, “I chose Venus because it symbolises strength, beauty, and empowerment and I am so humbled to have the opportunity to share my art and my message with the universe!”

Taking to Instagram, NASA wrote, “Beep beep, who got the keys to the Jeep? V-r-rrrrrrrooooom! For the first time ever, we beamed a hip-hop song #OutOfThisWorld.”