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My NASA and Planetary Society Scientist have Made Animated Landing for the MOON satellite launch with my name and statements on the CD Rom inside the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

(L.R.O.)

 

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Send Your Name to the Moon on LRO is no longer collecting names.
The deadline has passed for sending your name to the Moon!

 

Narrator: One of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's primary objectives

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May 2, 2008

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A view of the full Moon through a 12-inch telescope shows the complexity of its surface. Credit: Bill Arnett As part of our Messages from Earth project, The Planetary Society is working with NASA and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to collect names to fly on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

 

 

NASA 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 (LRO) spacecraft.

The Send Your Name to the Moon website enables everyone to participate in the lunar adventure and place their names in orbit around the Moon for years to come. At the site, participants can submit their information and print a certificate. The database of names will be placed on a microchip that will be integrated onto the spacecraft. The deadline for submitting names is June 27, 2008.

"Everyone who sends their name to the Moon, like I'm doing, becomes part of the next wave of lunar explorers," said Cathy Peddie, deputy project manager for LRO at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "The LRO mission is the first step in NASA's plans to return humans to the moon by 2020, and your name can reach there first. How cool is that?"

The orbiter, comprised of six instruments and one technology demonstration, will provide the most comprehensive data set ever returned from the Moon. The mission will focus on the selection of safe landing sites and identification of lunar resources. It also will study how the lunar radiation environment could affect humans.

LRO will also create a comprehensive atlas of the Moon's features and resources that will be needed as NASA designs and builds a planned lunar outpost. The mission will support future human exploration while providing a foundation for upcoming science missions. LRO is scheduled for launch in late 2008.

Send Your Name to the Moon is a collaborative effort among NASA, The Planetary Society, and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.

Send your name to the Moon today!

More on The Planetary Society's Messages from Earth project.