In a unique opportunity to be part of NASA's historic lunar mission, the space agency is inviting people across the globe to send their names for its upcoming Artemis II flight.
The mission, which could lift off as soon as Feb. 6, according to reports, will carry four astronauts on a journey around the Moon and back. The 10-day mission will mark the first crewed flight under NASA's Artemis programme and is a major step in testing the systems and hardware required for deep-space exploration.
As part of its “Send Your Name with Artemis II” initiative, NASA is inviting people to join the mission symbolically. People can register their names before Jan. 21 and download a personalised digital boarding pass as a collectible. Submitted names will be stored on an SD card that will fly inside the Orion spacecraft when Artemis II launches.
NASA shared details of the initiative on X, stating, “1.5 million names are flying around the Moon on Artemis II. Is yours one of them?”
How To Send Your Name Around The Moon
To take part, here's what you need to do:
Visit NASA's ‘Send Your Name' registration page for the Artemis II mission here. (https://www3.nasa.gov/send-your-name-with-artemis/)
Enter your first name, last name and a four- to seven-digit PIN code.
Receive and download your personalised digital boarding pass.
“Keep track of your pin. NASA is not able to recover a lost pin, so you'll need to keep track if you want to look up your boarding pass in the future,” said the space agency.
The Artemis II Mission
NASA is weeks away from sending astronauts farther than any crew has travelled before with Artemis II, the agency's second mission in its Artemis campaign. The flight will see four astronauts circle the Moon and return to Earth, making it the first crewed mission of the programme.
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, will become the first humans to fly aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, the Orion spacecraft and its supporting ground systems. The mission is designed to prepare NASA for future crewed landings on the Moon and, eventually, astronaut missions to Mars.
“Artemis II will be a momentous step forward for human spaceflight. This historic mission will send humans farther from Earth than ever before and deliver the insights needed for us to return to the Moon,” said NASA administrator Jared Isaacman.
Under the Artemis campaign, NASA aims to return humans to the Moon to drive economic benefits, enable scientific discovery and lay the groundwork for future crewed missions to Mars.
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