NASA's Europa Clipper isn't just a spacecraft — it's a work of art

A spacecraft silhouette with Jupiter in the background. At the bottom, a moon of Jupiter.

A metallic plate about the size of a standard sheet of printer paper is bolting through space as you read this, engraved with the thoughts of U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón:

"Arching under the night sky inky
with black expansiveness, we point
to the planets we know,"