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Poets are always talking about the moon. But this time, it's Ada Limon, our United States poet laureate, and she's not talking about our moon.

She was asked by NASA to write a poem about Jupiter's smallest moon, Europa, which they believe may have the potential for life.

Lemone's poem will be engraved on a spacecraft called the Europa Clipper, which will begin its journey to the icy moon in 2024.

I'm Brie Kane, a member of Scientific Americans' editorial team and resident poetry nerd.

Today I'm speaking with Ada herself about her experience working with NASA on this once-in-a-generation mission

and how we can all join her on this adventure to Europa.

You're listening to Science Quickly.

Music join her on this adventure to Europa. You are listening to Science Quickly. According to NASA, the hidden ocean under Europa's icy crust is one of the most likely places in our solar system to harbor life, but we need a closer look to be sure. That's why we're sending the Europa Clipper mission,

which will make nearly 50 close flybys of the moon.

But the spacecraft won't just be carrying science instruments.

It will also bring a poem by Ada Lemone, entitled, In Praise of Mystery,

a poem for Europa.

In just seven stanzas, Ada reminds readers that no matter how sterile space travel may seem,

it is still an intimately human experience, a compulsion even, to reach for more, to see what else,

or perhaps who else, is out there.

Stick around to the end of the episode to hear Ada read the poem herself.

Ada, thank you so much for joining me today. It's such a pleasure to be here. Thank you for having to hear Ada read the poem herself. Ada, thank you so much for joining me today.

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