Would you like to have your name orbiting the Moon?
May 11th 2008 06:15
Artist rendering of the LRO spacecraft
NASA now invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft.
Send Your Name to the Moon Web site enables everyone to participate in the lunar adventure and place their names in orbit around the moon.
Participants can submit their information online-Submit your name here. Submit your name Your name will be entered into a database. The database will be placed on a microchip that will be integrated onto the spacecraft. The deadline for submitting names is June 27, 2008.
The LRO mission is another step in NASA's plans to return humans to the moon by 2020, and your name can reach there first. To be orbiting the Moon.
The spacecraft will be placed in low polar orbit (50 km) for a 1-year mission under NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate.
LRO will be launched in late 2008 with the objectives of finding safe landing sites and locate potential resources.
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