Send Your Face to Space On Final Two Shuttle Missions

Nancy takes over the space shuttle.

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If NASA offered you a ride on one of the final two scheduled space shuttle missions, you’d go, right? I know I would, so that’s why I immediately signed up for NASA’s newest public participation campaign, “Send Your Face to Space.” If I can’t go, at least my face is heading up to LEO.

Here’s how to participate and become part of history:

Head to the “Send Your Face to Space” website.

Hit the “Participate” button and upload your image, which will be flown aboard the space shuttle. Don’t have a picture to upload? No problem, just skip the image upload and NASA will fly your name only on your selected mission.

Next… Print and save the confirmation with your flight information.

Later… Return to the site after the landing to print your Flight Certificate – a commemorative certificate signed by the Mission Commander.

The website also provides a participation map showing where participants are from and, relative to each other, how many are taking part from each country.

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy has been with Universe Today since 2004. She is the author of a new book on the Apollo program, "Eight Years to the Moon," which shares the stories of 60 engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make landing on the Moon possible. Her first book, "Incredible Stories from Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos" tells the stories of those who work on NASA's robotic missions to explore the Solar System and beyond.