Send Your Name Around The Earth

Members of the public can send their names around Earth on NASA’s Glory satellite. NASA setup a website “Send Your Name Around the Earth” which enables everyone to take part in the science mission and place their names in orbit for years to come. Participant’s name will be ecorded on a microchip that will become part of the spacecraft, they will also receive a printable certificate from NASA. Glory is scheduled for launch in June 2009 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.