NASA Invites Public to Join Artemis II Test Flight — Send Your Name to the Moon!
NASA is inviting the public to join the agency’s Artemis II test flight, as four astronauts venture around the Moon and back to test systems and hardware needed for deep space exploration.
As part of the agency’s “Send Your Name with Artemis II” effort, anyone can claim their spot by signing up before Jan. 21.
Participants will launch their name aboard the Orion spacecraft and SLS (Space Launch System) rocket alongside:
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NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and
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CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
“Artemis II is a key test flight in our effort to return humans to the Moon’s surface and build toward future missions to Mars.
It’s also an opportunity to inspire people across the globe and to give them an opportunity to follow along as we lead the way in human exploration deeper into space,”
— Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
The collected names will be put on an SD card loaded aboard Orion before launch.
In return, participants can download a boarding pass with their name on it as a collectible.
Add Your Name to the Artemis II Mission
English-language boarding pass:
https://go.nasa.gov/artemisnames
Spanish-language boarding pass:
https://go.nasa.gov/TuNombreArtemis
As part of a Golden Age of innovation and exploration, the approximately 10-day Artemis II test flight — launching no later than April 2026 — is the first crewed flight under NASA’s Artemis campaign.
It marks another step toward new U.S.-crewed missions on the Moon’s surface and will help the agency prepare to send the first astronauts — Americans — to Mars.
