Want to send your name around the moon on Artemis II? Here’s how

ORLANDO, Fla. – I, Jacob Langston, am going to fly around the moon. Well, my name is, anyways.

NASA is inviting the public to add their names to the Artemis II mission in a creative way, but the agency says time is running out.

Anyone wishing to have their name included on a digital boarding pass must submit it before Jan. 21, the space agency said.

The names will be saved to an SD card that will fly inside the Orion spacecraft when Artemis II launches this year.

The mission will send four astronauts — NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen — on a trip around the moon and back. They will be the first crew to fly aboard the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft and associated ground systems under NASA’s Artemis campaign.

Artemis II marks a major step toward returning astronauts to the lunar surface and preparing for future missions to Mars.

NASA recently announced that it is preparing to roll out the Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center no earlier than Jan. 17.

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The four‑mile move, carried by crawler‑transporter‑2, is expected to take up to 12 hours as teams begin final integration, testing and launch rehearsals. NASA said crews have been working around the clock to close out remaining tasks ahead of rollout, though the date could shift if additional technical work or weather delays arise.

To sign your name up for the upcoming mission, click here.

NASA encourages the public to follow mission updates and launch information at nasa.gov, or to sign up for email alerts.