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Missy Elliott’s ‘The Rain’ Makes Cosmic Debut Thanks To NASA

Missy Elliott’s music is officially out of this world. NASA, aka the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, reported on July 12 that it transmitted her 1997 smash hit “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) ...
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Missy Elliott Makes History As “The Rain” Becomes First Rap Song To Be Transmitted Into Space

Missy Elliott is truly “Out Of This World” as she’s now made history as the first person to have their rap song transmitted into space. The Hip-Hop icon was tapped by the National Aeronautics and ...
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Cosmic Jam Session: NASA Launches Missy Elliott’s 1997 Song ‘The Rain’ To Venus

NASA's decision to transmit Elliott's 'The Rain' to deep space stems from her 'space-centric storytelling' and futuristic visuals. NASA has made history by transmitting the first hip-hop song into ...
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Missy Elliott’s song ‘The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)’ transmitted to planet Venus, NASA announces

Missy Elliott can now be heard in space. The rapper’s song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly” was transmitted at the speed of light — approximately 158 million miles — from Earth to Venus, which is her ...
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NASA Transmits Missy Elliott Song 'The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)' 158M Miles Through Space to Planet Venus

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.
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Missy Elliott Goes Out of This World: NASA Transmits Her Song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” to Venus

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 ...
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NASA Beams Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” To Venus

When the Hype Williams-directed video for Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott's debut single "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" hit MTV in 1997, it felt like a transmission from deep space. Now, that song is a ...
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NASA transmits a Missy Elliott song to Venus

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 ...
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Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” Becomes First Hip-Hop Song Beamed Into Space

Missy Elliott’s music has officially gone out of this world. NASA announced that its Deep Space Network (DSN) transmitted the 53-year-old rapper’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” to Venus, marking the ...
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Missy Elliott Makes History As “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” Is Beamed Into Space

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 ...
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Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” Sent Into Outer Space by NASA

Missy Elliott is now a star among the literal stars, or at least her music is. NASA beamed the rapper’s 1997 debut solo single, “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly),” to Venus using its Deep Space Network last ...
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Missy Elliott’s song ‘The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)’ transmitted to planet Venus, NASA announces

The rapper’s song was transmitted at the speed of light — approximately 158 million miles — from Earth to Venus, which is Elliott’s “favorite planet.” Missy Elliott can now be heard in space. The ...