NASA registration guide for sending a name to the moon with the Artemis 2 mission

As NASA prepares for a historic manned trip to the moon with the Artemis program, people have the opportunity to send their name to Earth’s only moon with the Artemis 2 mission by taking a few simple steps.

Return to the Moon with Artemis 2

“Artemis II” is NASA’s first manned mission to the moon orbit after more than 50 years since Apollo. Although it will not land on the moon, it will form a powerful test bed for subsequent missions, and during it, the survival and life support systems in the “Orion” spacecraft will be tested with the presence of four astronauts.

Artemis 2 mission badge

NASA sees Artemis 2 as an important step in the long-term return to the Moon and Mars. While gradually deploying the technical infrastructure for a lunar presence, including communications equipment, the astronauts will confirm on the first flight by the SLS launcher aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft that all systems are working as designed and ready for Artemis 3 operations and beyond.

mission process

The mission will launch a crew of four astronauts from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the Block 1 configuration of the SLS rocket. The Orion spacecraft will increase its orbit around the Earth through multiple maneuvers and will eventually enter a free return path from the Moon, where Earth’s gravity will naturally pull the spacecraft home after flying past the Moon. Artemis 2 astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch of NASA and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will advance 7,500 kilometers beyond the far side of the Moon.

Among their duties are testing the life system of Orion and wearing the survival suits of the passengers during launch and entering the earth’s atmosphere, checking the performance during exercise and sleep periods, evaluating the breathable air production system and measuring the amount of water vapor and carbon dioxide in the spacecraft. Communication and navigation systems and Orion’s performance in the face of radiation on the moon will be among the other parts tested in this mission.

After Artemis 2, Orion and the astronauts will travel to the moon again, but this time to make history when the next crew of astronauts steps on the lunar surface with the Artemis 3 mission.

The project of sending the name to the orbit of the moon

The world of space and astronomy is always of interest to a large part of society and inspires future generations to explore and advance science. Understanding this issue, NASA tries not only to preserve the names of the interested people in its programs and to remember them for future generations and even possible extraterrestrial beings, but also to draw people’s attention to space missions. For this reason, especially in history-making missions, he always dedicates a section to sending the names of the people accompanying the spacecraft.

The project of sending a name to the moon is carried out in continuation of the same process of NASA. As “Robert Pearlman” (Robert Pearlman), an expert on space collections and the editor of collectSPACE, says: “This is one of the ways for the general public to feel that they are a little more than just spectators, and that they are closer to this mission.”

The collected names are to be stored on an SD memory card before launch and carried aboard the Orion spacecraft to orbit the moon with the astronauts of the Artemis 2 mission, which is scheduled to launch after April 2026. By registering for this scheme, participants will be given a collectible flight ticket with their name written on it.

A step-by-step guide to writing names for a virtual trip to the moon

Signing up to send a name to the moon is very easy and you just need to follow the step-by-step guide below.

1. Go to the Moon Naming Database on the NASA website. For this, from one of the two NASA addresses, ie Go Artemis or Send Name to the Moon use

2. On the opened page, click on the Sign Up button or scroll directly down the page to reach the fields for entering details.

3. In the first box, enter the name and then in the second box, the last name in English. In the third box, you must enter a desired numerical code, between 4 and 7 digits, so that after registering, you can use this code or PIN to check the registration status again and receive a collector flight card.

4. Click the red SUBMIT button.

5. After a moment of processing, the boarding pass with your name is ready. Just click or tap on its image to download.

6. If you want to enter another name, on the top of the prepared flight card, it should be in bold text HERE hit

A sample of the flight card issued to send the name to the moon

7. Also, to join the program to watch the launch of Artemis 2 as a virtual guest, you can use the red button under the flight card, with the text Join NASA as a Virtual Guest For Artemis II and Stay Informed! use

Retrieving the flight card, sending the name to the moon

If you have already signed up and want to access your collectible flight card again, just click on the Already signed up? link at the bottom of the triple fields on the first page. Search for your account here. hit In this case, the background will change and the SEARCH button will appear so that you can see the flight card again by filling in the boxes in order.

Enrollment deadline and after

Artemis 2 is scheduled for launch in April 2026 and beyond. However, NASA has now set a deadline for sending names to the moon until January 21, 2026 (1 Bahman 1404).

After completing the mission, the memory card along with the Orion spacecraft will enter the atmosphere and land in the ocean. The memory card, along with all the names on it, will then remain as part of Artemis 2’s official records and memorabilia. Although this memory card will not be sent back into space, NASA will preserve it for posterity as part of the flight kit documenting the history of the mission.

The importance of sending names to the moon

Although sending the name to the moon will be a completely virtual journey for people, but doing and mentioning it in any group can be exciting and inspiring. Closely associated with the mission to build a permanent base on the Moon and eventually travel to Mars is a significant milestone in human history.

In addition, such an approach will inspire the “Artemis Generation”. The young generation and teenagers who can walk in the path of science, especially space and astronomy, and their fields of interest are being formed today. There is no doubt that with their help, mankind will find its way beyond the earth and will settle in different space objects, and how beautiful that the names of those interested in this era will go to space and will be a small part of the evolution of human science.

Photo: A graphic design of the Artemis mission
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Sources: NASA (1 and 2), Scientific American, CollectSpace