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Want to Visit Space? You Can Send Your Name on NASA’s Next Mission Around the Moon for Free By Jordan Mendoza USA TODAY
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f you can’t wait to travel in space, NASA is offering the public the chance to send their names on their next mission as they prepare to send humans back on the moon. Later this year, NASA will launch their their Artemis I mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, part of the agency’s commitment to “build a long-term human presence at the Moon for decades to come.” To commemorate the mission, NASA will allow anyone, for free, to put their name on a flash drive that will be on the Orion capsule. “We’re getting ready for Artemis I — and we want to take you with us,” NASA said in a tweet.
How To Sign Up Signing up is simple. First, visit the Artemis I
website here. After clicking on the “Get boarding pass” button, it will direct users to fill out their first and last name, alongside with a 4-7 digit pin code. After submitting, NASA will send a QR code to allow those who sign up to virtually join future NASA launches. To access their “boarding pass,” users need to remember their pin code. There is no date set for the launch, as NASA has delayed the launch date due to the need for safety checks. The agency hopes to launch the spacecraft in May 2022. The unique opportunity will come as the Orion spacecraft will launch “on the most powerful rocket in the world” and will fly farther “than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown,” NASA says. Orion will fly around 62 miles above the moon’s surface for approximately six days, as the spacecraft will spend an estimated month in space. The goal of the mission is to give astronomers a basis for how their spacecraft, which is built for humans, will perform on a deep space exploration. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/ world/2022/03/07/nasa-send-name-aroundmoon/9404286002/ Image credit: NASA, Bustle
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