NASA offers to fly your name around the moon on upcoming Artemis I mission

  • 12 Mar - 18 Mar, 2022
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Feeling FOMO after seeing William Shatner and Sir Richard Brandon fly to space? Well, NASA has a solution. When the space agency sends its Orion capsule into space later this year as part of its Artemis I mission, a flash drive containing the names of anyone who has signed up through NASA's website will also be along for the ride. Those who sign up will receive their own "virtual boarding pass" featuring their name and other details about the mission, which will see Orion travel around the moon and back again. Participants will also get a QR code that will grant them access to NASA launches as a virtual guest. While the names will only be stored on a computer chip inside an unmanned space capsule, it will likely be the closest many will ever (symbolically) get to the moon. Anyone interested will have to visit NASA's website and input their name, along with a four- to seven-digit PIN. Signing up is completely free. "Artemis I will be the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to build a long-term human presence at the Moon for decades to come," the space agency said on the page.

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