For Students Grades 5-8

The Artemis II mission is launching soon, and ahead of this next giant leap, we want to know: Who YOU would take with you if you could select your own crew? Use this activity to brainstorm ideas and lead meaningful discussion about what makes a good team player. Share your photos, art, videos – anything depicting your crew – with the world using the hashtag #NASAMoonCrew on social media!

The collected names will be put on an SD card loaded aboard Orion before launch. NASA is inviting the public to join the agency’s Artemis II test flight as four astronauts venture around the Moon and back to test systems and hardware needed for deep space exploration. Participants can download a boarding pass with their name on it as a collectable.

Where is NASA in your life? Everywhere! In your car, in your home, in your school, and in the world around you. This year, the NASA Spinoff publication is celebrating 50 years of spotlighting the NASA technologies that improve everyday life on Earth. Check out the latest spinoff technology innovations in the Spinoff 2026 publication.