Send your name to moon

Participants can submit their names at the LRO web site and print a certificate. The names will be placed on a microchip that will be installed on the LRO spacecraft and travel to the moon. The deadline for submitting names is June 27, 2008.BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND "SEND YOUR NAME TO THE MOON": DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 25. DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOUR NAMES ORBIT THE MOON ABOARD THE LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER!!

One million and counting!

Did you say one million? That’s how many names have been submitted to blast off on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft.

Since May 1, NASA has invited the public to join the excitement of the first mission in NASA's exploration program to return humans to the moon by 2020. LRO, which is scheduled to launch later this year, will map the lunar surface in extraordinary detail and help future human missions to the moon locate safe landing sites and vital resources on the moon.

There is still time to be part of the adventure and send your name on a mission to the moon.


Here is the certificate generated when i submitted my name. It can be downloaded and displayed. Credit: NASA

To send your name visit http://lro.jhuapl.edu/NameToMoon/index.php or NASA's page http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/main/index.html