ARLA/CLUSTER: Envie o seu nome para Marte.

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Send Your Name to Mars!

If only your name could collect frequent flyer miles. NASA is inviting the
public to send their names on a microchip to destinations beyond low-Earth
orbit, including Mars.

Your name will begin its journey on a dime-sized microchip when the
agency’s Orion spacecraft launches Dec. 4 on its first flight, designated
Exploration Flight Test-1. After a 4.5 hour, two-orbit mission around Earth
to test Orion’s systems, the spacecraft will travel back through the
atmosphere at speeds approaching 20,000 mph and temperatures near 4,000
degrees Fahrenheit, before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.

But the journey for your name doesn’t end there. After returning to Earth,
the names will fly on future NASA exploration flights and missions to Mars.
With each flight, selected individuals will accrue more miles as members of
a global space-faring society.

"NASA is pushing the boundaries of exploration and working hard to send
people to Mars in the future,� said Mark Geyer, Orion Program manager.
"When we set foot on the Red Planet, we’ll be exploring for all of
humanity. Flying these names will enable people to be part of our journey."

The deadline for receiving a personal “boarding pass� on Orion’s test
flight closes Friday Oct. 31. The public will have an opportunity to keep
submitting names beyond Oct. 31 to be included on future test flights and
future NASA missions to Mars.

To submit your name to fly on Orion’s flight test, visit:
http://go.usa.gov/vcpz

Join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #JourneyToMars.

For information about Orion and its first flight, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/orion

Our thanks to *Clint, K6LCS* for spotting this item
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