My Flight to the Red Planet

NASA's 2020 Mars Mission

Above is my boarding pass to the Atlas V rocket (Click on the picture to enlarge). NASA and the United Launch Alliance launched the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover to the red planet aboard an Atlas V rocket on July 30, 2020 at 7:50 a.m. from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

My name along with those of thousands of other people is on a chip aboard the rocket. I may not be physically present on Mars but my name will be. It's a beginning. Who knows what the future may bring.

NASA's Mission Around the Moon - ARTEMIS 1

Artemis I will be the first uncrewed flight test of the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft. The flight paves the way toward landing the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon!

All eyes will be on the historic Launch Complex 39B when Orion and the Space Launch System (SLS) lift off for the first time from NASA's modernized Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond.

Artemis I will be the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to build a long-term human presence at the Moon for decades to come.

My Boarding Pass