NASA is set to send a unique “message in a bottle” to Jupiter later this year in its pursuit of discovering potential alien life on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons.

The Europa Clipper spacecraft, scheduled for launch from Florida’s Kennedy Space Station in October, will transmit 2.6 million soundwaves of human names into space.

The spacecraft’s six-year journey to cover 0.6 billion miles is expected to culminate in April 2030.

During this mission, Europa Clipper will orbit Jupiter and conduct 49 close flybys of Europa, revealing strong evidence of a global ocean beneath its icy crust, surpassing twice the volume of Earth’s combined oceans.

The primary objective of the spacecraft is to investigate whether Europa’s subsurface conditions could support life, contributing to scientists’ understanding of the potential habitability of worlds beyond Earth.

In an emotionally charged gesture, Europa Clipper will broadcast a “richly layered dispatch” of the submitted names, the New York Post reported.

Adding to the sentimental aspects of the mission, the spacecraft will bear an etching of the handwritten poem “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa” by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.

It will also feature a portrait of planetary science pioneer Ron Greeley and a reference to plausible radio frequencies for interstellar communication.

The spacecraft’s triangle plate will carry the Drake Equation, a mathematical formulation from 1961 estimating the likelihood of discovering advanced civilizations beyond Earth.

In a symbol of connection between Earth and Europa, the spacecraft will also include etched waveforms for the word “water” in 104 languages.

Written by B.C. Begley