NASA is once again offering people the chance to have their name sent to Mars.

  • NASA is letting people send names to Mars
  • Names added to microchip sent with InSight lander
  • Last day to submit is Nov. 1

When NASA’s InSight lander launches next May, it will carry several science instruments—as well as two microchips with hundreds of thousands of names.

“Mars continues to excite space enthusiasts of all ages,” said Bruce Banerdt, InSight mission’s principal investigator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in a statement. “This opportunity lets theme become a part of the spacecraft that will study the inside of the Red Planet.”

To sign up, visit the Insight website and fill out the form.

Once you submit the form, NASA will create your “boarding pass” for your Mars flight.


An example of a "boarding pass" that members of the public can download by participating in NASA's Frequent Fliers program. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

More than 1.2 million people worldwide have already submitted their names. That’s in addition to the more than 800,000 people who signed up in 2015.

If you’ve previously registered to send your name on a NASA mission, you can look up your boarding pass on the website.

While there, you can also see where other travelers hail from via interactive maps. In the U.S., nearly 30,000 people from Florida have signed up. California currently has the most travelers.

NASA first offered the project in 2014 with the Exploration Flight Test-1.  The Orion spacecraft took a microchip with 1.38 million names on an orbit mission around Earth.

The last day to submit your name for the mission is Nov. 1.