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Three

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two one.

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Engine ignition.

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There's a legacy of NASA spacecraft carrying inspirational messages from Earth, going back to the Pioneer Plaque and the Voyager Golden Record.

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Now, Europa Clipper, a new mission from one ocean world to another will continue this tradition.

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Because water connects our planet and Jupiter's moon Europa, all life as we know it, and all human cultures

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a part of the spacecraft has been engraved with designs inspired by water and human connections.

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This metal plate is part of a structure that will protect the spacecraft's electronics from the threat of Jupiter’s radiation.

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On one side of the plate is a design we call “Water Words.”

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These rippling lines represent recordings of the word for “water” in a diverse collection of human languages.

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The other side of the plate is a montage of elements that complete our message in a bottle.

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At the top is the Drake Equation a tribute to the visionary idea that the probability of finding life in the cosmos

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is something we can estimate.

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Next, these two lines represent radio frequencies emitted in space by molecules related to water, which have been considered an ideal place

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to search for interstellar communications, as suggested by some researchers.

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They represent our ability to use the language of science to search for signs of life.

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Next is a portrait of one of the founders of planetary science, Dr. Ron Greeley

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whose early efforts to develop a Europa mission laid the foundation for Europa Clipper.

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At the heart of this message in a bottle is a poem in the handwriting of

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U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón The poem connects the two water worlds.

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Earth, yearning to reach out and understand what makes a world habitable and Europa, waiting with secrets yet to be explored.

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Finally, the bottle orbited by the four largest moons of Jupiter to which will be attached a microchip

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etched with more than 2.6 million names of those who signed on in the spirit of the poem

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as our message is sent on its voyage to Europa.

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As technically advanced as the spacecraft is, every part of it is made by people.

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And all of the markings on the plate are either handwritten hand drawn, or represent human voices and names.

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Because exploration “Lift off” is something we do together, something that connects us all

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as we head out into the cosmic sea.