The public can sign a poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón titled “In Praise of...
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón wrote a poem for NASA's Europa Clipper mission. She is pictured at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory overlooking the Europa Clipper spacecraft as it is assembled in the cleanroom on Jan. 19, 2023.Your name could travel to Jupiter's moon Europa on a NASA mission expected to launch in October 2024.
The Europa Clipper mission will perform dozens of close flybys to observe the icy moon and see if it could support life. Scientists believe a salty ocean lies beneath Europa's surface, which makes this moon one of the most promising places in our solar system to find a currently habitable environment.
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón wrote a poem titled “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa,” and this poem will be stenciled onto a microchip that will be placed on the spacecraft. Your name will fly to Europa if you sign the poem at
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