# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C9dP4atJFYh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20663981-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/afd39ef0d6.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-07-15T20:37:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

🎵 Beep beep, who got the keys to the Jeep? V-r-rrrrrrrooooom! 

For the first time ever, we beamed a hip-hop song #OutOfThisWorld. 

On July 12, an inspirational message from MissyMisdemeanorElliott 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. 

The chosen destination? Venus, the sixth largest planet, a fitting tribute to Missy’s six studio albums. 

Traveling at the speed of light, the message took about 14 minutes to reach Venus, thanks to the powerful 34-meter wide antenna nicknamed “Venus” at NASAJPL’s Deep Space Network’s Goldstone complex in California.

Credit: NASA

Video Description: 
This video starts with a composite image of the planet Venus, seen as a gold and dark orange mottled globe against a black background. Text overlays throughout in white font describe the first transmission of a hip-hop song to space. Subsequent visuals include a photo of hip hop artist Missy Elliott wearing a yellow, white, and silver bedazzled jumper while performing on stage, and composite images of Venus with blue, green, and brown hues. The video ends with a solid black background featuring NASA’s “meatball” logo, which consists of a blue circle dotted with stars and crossed by a red, V-shaped swoosh. “NASA” is written in large white text on the circle.

#NASA #SpaceTravel #SolarSystem #HipHopHistory #SupaDupaFly

## Stats

- **Views:** 538,567
- **Likes:** 142,857
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- **Comments:** 1,651

## Tags

spacetravel, outofthisworld, nasa, hiphophistory, supadupafly, solarsystem

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