11 cars write message to astronaut aboard ISS

The girl's father is not identified in the video, but is thought to be International Space Station Expedition 43 commander Terry Virts.

By Ben Hooper
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HOUSTON, April 14 (UPI) -- Automaker Hyundai released a video showing how 11 sedans helped a 13-year-old Houston girl etch a message to her astronaut father.

The video, which opens by asking "Can a car deliver a message to space?" features 13-year-old Stephanie teaming up with Hyundai to use the fleet of Genesis sedans to etch the message, "Steph [heart]'s you!" in Nevada's Delamar Dry Lake.

The message in the 2.14 square-mile lake was visible to Stephanie's father, who snapped a photograph of the message from the International Space Station.

Guinness World Records confirmed Stephanie's message constituted the largest tire-track image ever created, measuring 59,808,480.26 square feet.

The video did not identify the teen's father, but Terry Virts, current commander of Expedition 43, has a teenage daughter named Stephanie.

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