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Ada Launch II

Poet Laureate Ada Limón watches the Europa Clipper lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, October 14, 2024. The clipper, bound for Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, bears a vault plate engraved with Limón’s poem, “In Praise of Mystery.” Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.
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