Here's how to get your name to ‘fly around the moon’ with NASA

Virgin Radio

13 Jun 2022, 09:02

Travelling to the moon might not be possible for everyone just yet, but NASA are giving wannabe astronauts the chance to have their name fly up to space in their latest mission. 

Artemis I will be the first uncrewed flight test of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, and will pave the way for the first woman and person of colour on the Moon, according to NASA themselves. 

The space organisation is opening up the opportunity to be a part of the historic mission by adding names to a flash drive travelling on board, with three million people already submitting their monikers for the flight. 

Taking to Twitter, NASA confirmed this week is the final chance to get your name added to the flight, and all you have to do is follow three simple instructions. 

To have your name launched up into space with Artemis I, all you have to do is sign up via their website, and enter your name and custom pin to make a boarding pass. 

That digital boarding pass will have your name, flight details and a QR code to invite to be a part of NASA’s Virtual Guest Programme, which gives you access to virtual launches and other space events. 

Artemis I is expected to launch later this year from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. 

Speaking of living out astronaut adventures, the Orbital Assembly Corporation is building gravity-enabled structure to construct a space hotel!

The hefty project will resemble a giant wheel that will rotate to simulate gravity. By rotating constantly, the station will be able to simulate gravity towards the outer edges.

Baring in mind we're a radio station and thus have no knowledge of science whatsoever, we're told the centre of the station will have no artificial gravity. 

That means recreational activities that are only made possible due to the lack of gravity. Which we hope means floating - not lying - by the pool.