{"id":7708,"date":"2014-05-07T09:17:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T13:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7708"},"modified":"2014-05-07T09:17:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T13:17:12","slug":"uwingu-offers-first-mothers-day-gifts-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7708","title":{"rendered":"Uwingu offers first Mother’s Day Gifts on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"

An announcement from Uwingu<\/a>:<\/p>\n

World\u2019s First Mother\u2019s Day Gifts Available on Mars \u2014 From Uwingu!<\/strong>
\nGift givers can now say \u201cHappy Mother\u2019s Day\u201d in a way that\u2019s<\/em>
\n truly out of this world<\/em><\/p>\n

Uwingu, a company helping people personally connect with space exploration and astronomy, today announced a world-wide, first-ever opportunity to honor moms on Mother\u2019s Day from Mars\u2014 by naming a feature for her on Uwingu\u2019s new Mars map.<\/p>\n

Until Mother\u2019s Day, May 11,\u00a0Uwingu<\/a>\u00a0is offering a gift pack which includes a special Mother\u2019s Day certificate for anyone choosing to name a crater for mom. All names will be lodged on permanent record and sent to Mars on the private Mars One mission, ensuring every honored mom a permanent place in history.<\/p>\n

\"MOM-Uwingu-Certificate\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Uwingu\u2019s Mars Map Crater Naming Project allows anyone to help name the approximately 590,000 unnamed, scientifically cataloged craters on Mars, starting at $5 each. Uwingu aims to raise $10 million for\u00a0The Uwingu Fund<\/a>, which provides grants to further space exploration, research and education.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the sale of almost 10,000 crater names to date, the Uwingu Fund has already funded grants to projects and organizations including the Astronomers Without Borders, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, Mars One mission, the Galileo Teacher Training Program, Explore Mars and the Allen Telescope Array at SETI.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur mission is to raise funds for space research while growing a successful company that gets people excited about space exploration and education\u201d, said Alan Stern, planetary scientist, founder, and CEO of Uwingu, who formerly directed all science programs and missions at NASA.<\/p>\n

Boulder, Colo.-based Uwingu employs of a growing team of scientists, educators, NASA veterans and prominent businesspeople who are passionate about space exploration and education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An announcement from Uwingu: World\u2019s First Mother\u2019s Day Gifts Available on Mars \u2014 From Uwingu! Gift givers can now say \u201cHappy Mother\u2019s Day\u201d in a way that\u2019s truly out of this world Uwingu, a company helping people personally connect with space exploration and astronomy, today announced a world-wide, first-ever opportunity to honor moms on Mother\u2019s … Continue reading Uwingu offers first Mother’s Day Gifts on Mars<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,34,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-shopping","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-20k","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8036,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8036","url_meta":{"origin":7708,"position":0},"title":"Uwingu offers Dads a Farther’s Day gift on Mars","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Uwingu\u00a0Mother's Day effort attracted over 1200 people to name a crater on Mars for their Moms. 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