Send Your Face to Space On Final Two Shuttle Missions

By Nancy Atkinson - June 07, 2010 12:31 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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.

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Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com