You can send your name around the Moon with NASA

State of play: NASA is inviting the public to sign up to add their names on an SD card aboard Orion, the spacecraft slated to orbit the Moon during the Artemis II mission in the near future.

How it works: Sign up here. (It's free.)

• And voilà, NASA generates a digital boarding pass with your name.

By the numbers: Over 2 million people already signed up to have their names on this trip.

The big picture: Artemis II will be the first crewed flight of the Artemis program.

• This flight is another step in returning humans to the Moon.

Zoom way out: The Artemis program is about more than Moon missions — it's laying the groundwork for longer human exploration, including eventual trips to Mars.

Flashback: Artemis I launched in 2022, sending an uncrewed spacecraft around the Moon.

The latest: NASA moved the Artemis II rocket to the launch pad over the weekend and is preparing the rocket for the wet dress rehearsal in the coming days.

What's next: Artemis II is scheduled to launch no later than April 2026, carrying four astronauts — and millions of names — into lunar orbit.