Your name could ride aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission as it loops around the Moon in 2026.
NASA is giving you a chance to send your name to the Moon: here’s how
Want to ride to the Moon without ever leaving Earth? That’s the invitation NASA is making as it gears up for its next big leap in space exploration.
When is NASA going to the Moon?
As part of its upcoming Artemis II mission, scheduled to launch no later than April 2026, NASA is inviting the public to submit their names for inclusion on a memory card that will ride aboard the Orion spacecraft. That means when four astronauts – Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen – circle the Moon and return, your name could be along for the journey.
Submitting is simple. NASA has set up a dedicated page where anyone can add their name and instantly receive a digital “boarding pass” as a keepsake. All the collected names will be stored on an SD card installed inside Orion, giving ordinary people a symbolic seat on the first crewed Artemis mission.
The 10-day flight will test NASA’s new Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft in deep space. The crew will loop more than 230,000 miles from Earth, passing around the far side of the Moon before heading home. For NASA, it’s a crucial step toward landing astronauts on the lunar surface later this decade and, eventually, sending humans to Mars.
For the rest of us, it’s a chance to be part of history... even if just by name.
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