Send Your Name To The Moon, Via NASA's 1st Ever Robotic Lunar Rover VIPER

NASAs "Send Your Name with VIPER" website not only allows participants to submit their names but also offers the chance to create and download a virtual boarding pass as a memento of their involvement in the mission.

US space agency NASA is inviting people to send their names to the surface of the Moon aboard its first robotic lunar rover VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover). The Moon rover is scheduled to lift off atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in late 2024. VIPER will hunt for water ice and other resources near the moon's south pole - the same area where NASA plans to set up one more crewed base via the agency's Artemis program. 

"As part of the "Send Your Name with VIPER" campaign, NASA will accept names received before 11:59 p.m. EST, March 15. Once collected, the agency will take the names and attach them to the rover," the space agency wrote in a blog while sharing the link to the website where people can send their name to the lunar surface. 

Nicola Fox, Associate Administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, expressed the importance of the moon mission, stating, "With VIPER, we are going to study and explore parts of the Moon's surface no one has ever been to before - and with this campaign, we are inviting the world to be part of that risky yet rewarding journey."