Ahead, Limón discusses the particular challenge of writing a poem intended for outer space, and why it felt important that the art speak as much to our own planet as to whatever lies beyond.

Ahead, Limón discusses the particular challenge of writing a poem intended for outer space, and why it felt important that the art speak as much to our own planet as to whatever lies beyond.

Sklansky contrasts light verse about the universe with facts about outer space (which appear in sidebars) in this gentle collection, while Schuett combines homey gouache cartoons with digitally ...

Enter Ada Limón, the 24th poet laureate of the United States. Limón’s 150-word poem “In Praise of Mystery,” which was etched into an interior panel of the spacecraft, serves as a kind of ...

is a glance at outer space that returns back to Earth. Watch the recitation in the player above. Limón’s “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa,” which she read Thursday night during a ...

the illustrated poem contest is for area K-12 students. The nationwide theme for National Chemistry Week is “chemistry is out of this world,” so submitted works should be about outer space ...

It wanted Limón to compose an original poem to be launched into space. “As soon as I hung up, I thought, Oh, no,” Limón, 47, says. The pressure was on. Her poem “In Praise of Mystery ...