--- title: Astronaut Dad Gets Sweet Note From Daughter He Can Read From Space description: A Texas 13-year-old named Stephanie has a father with a particularly challenging commute—he works in the International Space Station. canonical: https://time.com/3821463/daughter-astronaut-dad-note-read-space/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-14T18:07:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:03:05.998Z og:title: Daughter Wrote Astronaut Dad a Note He Can Read From Space og:description: All with the help of 11 Hyundais og:url: https://time.com/3821463/daughter-astronaut-dad-note-read-space/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb68a31a6f4e1b402/6987eafccd1bba59486f8eff/screen-shot-2015-04-14-at-1-27-12-pm.png?branch=production&width=560&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 560 og:image:height: 315 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-04-14 at 1.27.12 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Daughter Wrote Astronaut Dad a Note He Can Read From Space twitter:description: All with the help of 11 Hyundais twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb68a31a6f4e1b402/6987eafccd1bba59486f8eff/screen-shot-2015-04-14-at-1-27-12-pm.png?branch=production&width=560&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Daughter Wrote Astronaut Dad a Sweet Note He Can Read From Space > Sponsored content. 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Time follows Kelly and his twin brother, Mark, as they work the test the boundaries of long-term space travel._ by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 14, 2015 6:07 PM UTC  by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 14, 2015 6:07 PM UTC Many parents travel for work, but a Texas 13-year-old named Stephanie has a father with a particularly challenging commute—he works in the International Space Station. And so, to let her Dad—who ABC [reports](http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/astronaut-sweet-message-space/story?id=30303097) is probably Expedition 43 commander Terry Virts—know how much she misses him, Stephanie decided to write him a very, very large note that he could read from space. “It might make him miss us even more, or miss Earth,” Stephanie said in [Hyundai’s latest ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EOAXrTrsOE). Since it would be nearly impossible for Stephanie to scrawl a note that’s big enough for her Dad to read, the car company deployed a fleet of 11 Hyundai Genesises to write a 5.5 square km note in Nevada’s Delamar Dry Lake. That’s one and a half times the size of New York’s Central Park. 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