NASA blasted Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly” 158 million miles to Venus, the first rap song to be transmitted into deep space. Missy Elliott has made history after NASA blasted one of her ...

Elliott's 1997 hit is the first-ever hip-hop song to be transmitted into space by NASA Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage Missy Elliott was one of the first women in hip-hop to make going to space look cool.

NASA transmitted Missy Elliott’s 1997 hit “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” into space on Friday, July 12, which took about 14 minutes to get to its destination. The song was headed for Venus, where sulfuric ...

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 ...

Missy Elliott’s star power speaks for itself but now, the artist’s work lives among the stars. NASA has sent the first hip-hop song into outer space: Elliott’s breakout solo single, 1997’s “The Rain ...

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