On November 13, 2013, a haiku written by Vanna Bonta was launched into space aboard the NASA spacecraft MAVEN from Cape Canaveral as part of a project sending poetry to Mars. It was one of 1,100 haiku selected for the mission.
Vanna Marie Bonta was born on April 3, 1953, in Clarksville, Tennessee, United States. This marks the beginning of her life and career as a writer, actress, and inventor.
