We still may be some time away from sending humans to distant reaches of the solar system, but you can send your name to Saturn's moon Titan, which has the ingredients of life on its surface thanks to NASA's Dragonfly mission.
Dragonfly is an SUV-sized nuclear-powered rotorcraft that NASA aims to launch towards Titan in 2028. The agency opened a special events page in late October to allow members of the public to put their name on the spacecraft. The names will be put upon a chip on Dragonfly during the spacecraft's assembly, and all names must be submitted before Jan. 15, 2027.
The agency says that the mission has no "ordinary itinerary," as Dragonfly aims to between areas miles (or kilometers) apart after arriving on the surface in 2034. "Nearly a billion miles away, an extraordinary destination awaits. Titan has an atmosphere, rivers and lakes, seasons, sweeping dunes and a landscape rich in organic material," NASA officials wrote in ...
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