Want to Send Your Name to Mars? Here’s How

Was your name sent to Mars ?

On March 16, 2020, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a sign honoring the "Send Your Name to Mars" campaign was installed on the Perseverance Mars rover. The names of 10,932,295 participants are etched on four fingernail-sized chips positioned in the upper-left corner of the banner (are you there ?) . The names of the finalist essays, as well as those of the 155 semifinalists in NASA's "Name the Rover" contest, were individually etched onto the chips using an electron beam.

Your name can be sent on MARS.

It's looking more and more feasible to journey to Mars. From NASA's Perseverance rover landing on Mars to Elon Musk's plans to send one million people to Mars by 2050, the red planet is getting a lot of attention. However, if the astronaut's life isn't for you, there might still be a way for you to leave your mark in space.

NASA has launched a project to "transmit your name to Mars" on a spacecraft.

On the next Mars mission in 2026, NASA will distribute millions of names from Earth. Anyone can join in on the fun and sign up for it now. They previously completed a similar campaign for the Perseverance rover, which collected over 10 million signatures. The names are etched onto "fingernail-sized chips" and placed on a placard attached to the craft.

The names of 10,932,295 people were etched onto "fingernail-sized chips" on a placard using an electron beam on the Perseverance rover. The success of the project has prompted NASA to repeat it, although the spacecraft in question hasn't been confirmed yet, but will "on a future NASA mission to Mars in the mid-2020s." July 2026 is indicated as the travel date on the boarding pass.

How to get your name sent to Mars

All you have to do to announce your name to Mars is visit the website, fill in your name, country, postal code, and email, and then you're good to go for a spaceflight.

After you submit the form, you'll get a "boarding pass" with your name on it, allowing you to join the almost 11 million people who have done so.