Nasa Is Reviving Its 'send Your Name To Mars' Program For July 2026 - here's How To Get Your Name To Mars

NASA previously ran the initiative for its 2018 InSight lander. ​​NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA will send millions of names to Mars on its next mission in 2026 and anyone can sign up. They previously ran the initiative for the Perseverance rover that carried over 10 million names. The names are etched onto "fingernail-sized chips" and placed on a placard attached to the craft. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. Space travel to Mars is looking increasingly promising.From the Perseverance rover landing on Mars to Elon Musk's plans to send one million humans to Mars by 2050, the red planet is getting a lot of attention.However, even if the astronaut's life isn't for you, there might still be a chance for you to leave your mark in space.NASA has launched an initiative for you to "send your name to Mars" aboard a spacecraft.The Perseverance rover also carried the names of 10,932,295 people that were etched onto "fingernail-sized chips" on a placard through an electron beam, NASA said in a press release.The space agency also ran the initiative for its 2018 InSight lander.The success of the initiative has led NASA to repeat it and this time the spacecraft in question hasn't been confirmed yet but will fly "on a future NASA mission to Mars in the mid-2020s," although the boarding pass specifies a travel date of July 2026.As with the Perseverance rover, the spacecraft will be launched from Cape Canaveral at the Florida Air Force Station and will land at the Jezero crater on Mars. After filling in the form, you'll immediately get your "boarding pass." NASA / JPL-Caltech How to get your name sent to MarsSending your name to Mars is a very simple process - all you have to do is go to the website, fill in your name, country, postal code, and email, and then you're all set for your spaceflight.After filling in the form, you'll immediately get your "boarding pass" with your name on it and join the almost 11 million people who have already signed up.With almost 2.2 million people signed up, the US has the second-highest number of names flying out with the Philippines just taking the lead with 9,000 more names.The UK, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, India, France, Indonesia, and Spain pad out the rest of the top 10 in an initiative that has almost already overtaken the number of names etched onto the Perseverance rover.Read the original article on Business Insider