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.

Venus is the artist's favorite planet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's not every day that NASA approaches an artist and asks ...

NASA sent the song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” from a radio dish in California last week. It took 14 minutes to travel the 158 million miles. By Mike Ives Missy Elliott has broken lots of boundaries, ...

(CNN) — 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 ...