Attention Mars enthusiasts around the world.
Now, you can join Nasa's journey to Mars by adding your name to a microchip headed to the Red Planet. And yes — it's for free.
The chip will be part of InSight Mars lander, set for blastoff in May 2018.
Submissions will be accepted until November 1, according to a Nasa tweet.
As of October 30, 2017, the agency already received more than 2.14 million names, written on digital "boarding passes".
10 days left to send your name out-of-this- world…to MARS! Mars InSight lander will carry your name to the Red Planet https://t.co/bWLHbOVRIO pic.twitter.com/uEYNS9pLQa
— NASA (@NASA) October 23, 2017
Not only that.
This fly-your-name opportunity comes with "frequent-flier" points offer. That will be testament to your personal participation in Nasa's journey to Mars — spanning multiple missions over several decades.
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Explaining the InSight Mars mission, Jim Green, director of planetary science at Nasa, said in a blog: "Our next step in the journey to Mars is another fantastic mission to the surface...By participating in this opportunity to send your name aboard InSight to the Red Planet, you're showing that you're part of that journey and the future of space exploration."
To send your name to Mars aboard InSight, log in to this Nasa website: just give your first name, last name, country, email.
Fly-your-name ops
The InSight mission offers the second such opportunity for space exploration fans to collect "points" by flying their names aboard a Nasa mission.
More opportunities will follow, said Nasa.
In December 2015, the names of 1.38 million people flew on a chip aboard the first flight of Nasa's Orion spacecraft, which will carry astronauts to deep space destinations including Mars and an asteroid.
After the InSight mission, the next opportunity to earn frequent flier points will be Nasa's Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), scheduled in November 2018.
Nasa said EM-1 will be the first planned test flight bringing together the Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule in preparation for manned missions to Mars and beyond.
InSight is set to be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
So hurry and grab this chance to get your name out of this world. Then tell your friends and family about it.
About InSight mission
According to Nasa, InSight will be the first dedicated lander to the investigation of the deep interior of the planet.
It will place the first seismometer directly on the surface of Mars to measure Martian quakes and use seismic waves to learn about the planet's interior.
It also will deploy a self-hammering heat probe that will burrow deeper into the ground than any previous device on the Red Planet.
These and other InSight investigations will improve the Nasa scientists' understanding about the formation and evolution of all rocky planets, including Earth.
Get additional information about the InSight mission here.