We’re thrilled with the kinds of media coverage Uwingu has received. Here we share a selection of our favorite stories.
Mars Crater Naming Project
- 2016 December 6: Cosmic Gift Ideas: What to Give that Space Fan in Your Life by Carolyn Collins Petersen, The Spacewriter
- 2016 November 28: Uwingu lets you name martian craters by Nicole Kiefert, Astronomy.com
- 2016 February 4: Space and Astronomy Valentine’s Gift Ideas by Carolyn Collins Petersen, Space.About.com
- 2015 December 22: You’ve got space mail: New service offers daily space photos in your inbox by Robert Pearlman, collectSpace.com
- 2015 December 21: The Best Space Stories of the Week — Dec. 20, 2015, Space.com
- 2015 December 16: Szokatlan és eredeti karácsonyi ajándékot keresel? Vegyél 1500 forintért egy krátert a Marson! Lemon.hu
- 2015 December 16: Uwingu announces daily space image subscription service by David Eicher, Astronomy.com
- 2015 December 16: Give a Starry gift: It’s the Cosmic Thought that Counts by Carolyn Collins Petersen, TheSpacewriter’s Ramblings
- 2015 December 15: A Natale regalatevi un cratere su Marte: la campagna promozionale del sito Uwingu, Huffington Post Italy
- 2015 December 14: Name a Mars Crater for Christmas by Mike Wall, Space.com
- 2015 December 11: Last Minute Geeky Gifts for the Science Lover in Your Life by Jolene Creighton, Futurism.com
- 2015 May 8: Far-out Mother’s Day gift puts mom on the Martian map by Miriam Kramer, Mashable.com
- 2015 May 8: Name a Mars crater for Mom on Mother’s Day by Laura Keeney, Denver Post
- 2015 May 8: Name a Mars Crater for Mom This Mother’s Day by Mike Wall, Space.com
- 2015 May 1: Uwingu announces an out-of-this-world Mother’s Day celebration by Karri Ferron, Astronomy.com
- 2015 May 1: Put Your Mom on a Mars Map by Carolyn Petersen, The Spacewriter
- 2014 December 10: Naming rights to biggest unnamed Martian crater go under the hammer on eBay, ITV.com
- 2014 December 10: Boulder Company Auctioning Off Naming Mars Crater On eBay, TechRockies
- 2014 December 10: Uwingu and eBay auctioning naming rights to biggest unnamed crater on Mars by Karri Ferron Astronomy Magazine
- 2014 December 9: What’s in a Mars Crater’s Name? An Auction for eBay and Uwingu by Alan Boyle, NBC News
- 2014 November 8: Benefit eBay Auction to Name Martian Crater the size of Florida by David Brandt-Erichsen, National Space Society
- 2014 November 8: Found on eBay: Naming Rights to Biggest Unnamed Crater on Mars by Tomasz Nowakowski, AstroWatch
- 2014 November 8: Auction to Name the Largest Unnamed Crater on Mars by Jarrad Lokes, The Pros Closet
- 2014 November 5: Name the Biggest Unnamed Crater on Mars by Carolyn Collins Petersen, The Spacewriter
- 2014 November 4: Boulder’s Uwingu offers crater naming rights for Mars One mapping by Charlie Brennan, The Daily Camera
- 2014 November 25: 90,000 ‘Beam Me to Mars’ messages mark 50 years of Red Planet exploration, Collect Space
- 2014 November 25: Beam Me Up: 90,000 Messages Will Be Transmitted to Mars on Friday by Mike Wall, Space.com
- 2014 November 25: Uwingu beams message to Mars by Karri Ferron, Astronomy Magazine
- 2014 November 11: Gift Ideas for Astronomy Lovers By Carolyn Collins Petersen
- 2014 October 12: Beam Me Up, Uwingu! To Mars, Astrowatch.net
- 2014 May 1: World’s First Mother’s Day Gifts Available on Mars — From Uwingu!
- 2014 March 25: Emily Lakdawalla At Her Favorite Conference While Alan Stern Stirs Up the Solar System, Planetary Radio Show
- 2014 Mar 10: Making Mars Feel Lived-On, by Linda Besner, Random House Canada
- 2014 Mar 10: Bill Leff & Wendy Snyder Radio Show interview with Alan Stern on WGN 720 Radio
- 2014 Mar 10: Uwingu: making an impact, The Space Review, Alan Stern and Mark Sykes
- 2014 Mar 7: Name a Mars Crater with Uwingu, by Monica Young, Sky And Telescope
- 2014 Mar 6: How Can You Leave Your Mark On Mars? [Video] RedOrbit
- 2014 Mar 6: Uwingu Wants To Get Up And Personal With The Red Planet, by David Bruggeman, Pasco Phronesis
- 2014 Mar 5: Buy a crater on planet Mars for just Dh18, by Bindu Suresh Rai, Emirates 24/7
- 2014 Mar 4: Uwingu wants to develop a Mars map, and Mars One promises to use it, by Jeff Foust, NewSpace Journal
- 2014 Mar 4: Private Mars map blasts off: Crater names raising funds for ride to Red Planet, Collect Space
- 2014 Mar 3: Private Martian Colony Project to Use New ‘People’s Map of Mars‘ by Mike Wall, Space.com
- 2014 Mar 3: Mars One Lander to Carry Uwingu Map to Red Planet, by Doug Messier, Parabolic Arc
- 2014 Mar 3: Mars One partners with Uwingu Mars Crater Naming Project, Mars One
- 2014 Feb 28: Name a Martian crater for just $5, by Mike Wall, Fox News
- 2014 Feb 28: Newsweek Names a Mars Crater, By Elijah Wolfson, Newsweek
- 2014 Feb 28: Name A Mars Crater For $5: Uwingu Wants To Give The Public A Chance To Put A Name To 500,000 Martian Craters, by Charles Poladian, International Business Times
- 2014 Feb 28: The Mars Naming Project, From Quarks to Quasars
- 2014 Feb 27: Now You Can Name a Crater on Mars After Yourself, Jessica Roy, Time
- 2014 Feb 26: Name a Mars crater and help fund space science!, by Karri Ferron, Astronomy Magazine
- 2014 Feb 26: Uwingu Hopes to Raise $10 million for Scientists and Educators with Mars Crater Naming Venture, by Nancy Atkinson, Universe Today
- 2014 Feb 26: Got a Name for a Crater on Mars? You Can Put It on Uwingu’s List, by Alan Boyle, NBC News
- 2014 Feb 26: Mars and Uwingu, by Carolyn Collins Petersen, The Spacewriter
- 2014 Feb 26: The ‘People’s Map of Mars’: Name a Red Planet Crater for $5, by Mike Wall, Space.com
Ruffled Feathers at the IAU…
- 2014 Mar 13: Who Should Name the Craters on Mars, You or Astronomers? by Adam Mann, Wired
- 2014 Mar 13: Dustup arises over who gets to name craters on Mars, by Mark Whittington, Houston Space News Examiner
- 2014 Mar 13: The Body That Names Space Things Doesn’t Want You Paying to Name Martian Craters, by Ben Richmond, Motherboard
- 2014 Mar 12: Mars Craters Reignite Intergalactic Naming Feud, by Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine
- 2014 Mar 12: Astronomical Authority Rejects New Mars Naming Campaign, by Erik Derr, Latin Post
- 2014 Mar 12: International Astronomical Union Labelled ‘Boring’ As It Warns Space Is Not For Sale, by Jasper Hamill, Forbes
- 2014 Mar 12: Martian Smackdown: Groups Feud Over Crater Naming, by Michael D. Lemonick, Time
- 2014 Mar 12: IAU To Uwingu: You Can’t Name That Martian Crater Either, Slashdot Science
- 2014 Mar 12: Astronomers: No, You Can’t Name Mars Craters, by Rob Quinn, Newser
- 2014 Mar 12: SERIOUSLY? Let’s fight over who gets to name tiny craters on Mars!, by Marhsall Connolly, Catholic Online
- 2014 Mar 11: IAU Throws Temper Tantrum Over Mars Craters, Citizens in Space
- 2014 Mar 11: Mars name-a-crater scheme runs into trouble, Phys.org
- 2014 Mar 11: You Can Name a Mars Crater, but Astronomy Group Spoils the Fun, by Miriam Kramer, Space.com
- 2014 Mar 11: Mars Crater-Naming Campaign Sparks an International Blowup, by Alan Boyle, NBC News
- 2014 Mar 11: Mars Wars: $10M fund encounters ‘Astronomical’ resistance to crater-name sales, by Michael del Castillo, Upstart Business Journal
- 2014 Mar 4: The International Astronomical Union vs. Uwingu: The Battle to Name Things in the Sky, From Quarks to Quasars
- 2013 Apr 19: Who Names Planets? The IAU Doesn’t… Astronomers Do, by Carolyn Collins Peterson, The Spacewriter
- 2013 Apr 17: Let the Public Name Exoplanets, by Charles Day, Physics Today
- 2013 Apr 16: Closest Exoplanet Sparks International Naming Fight, by Jacob Aron, New Scientist
- 2013 Apr 15: Controversy over Planet-Naming Contest Heats Up, by Mike Wall, Space.com
- 2013 Apr 14: The IAU Isn’t Pleased With Uwingu’s Exoplanet Contest, by Rollin Bishop, Geekosystem
Alpha Centauri Planet Naming Contest
- 2013 Apr 23: An ‘Unofficial’ Name for Alpha Centauri Bb, by Kerri Ferron, Astronomy.com
- 2013 Apr 9: Written in the Stars: How an Alien Planet Helped a Man Woo His True Love, by Alan Boyle, MSNBC.
- 2013 Mar 25: IAU changes its mind again on giving names to exoplanets by Deborah Byrd, EarthSky.org
- 2013 Mar 25: Exoplanet research draws public support by Elizabeth Howell, SEN.com
- 2013 Mar 25: Alpha Centauri Bb Needs A Better Name; Uwingu Offers Prizes In Planet-Naming Contest by Lee Speigel, Huffington Post
- 2013 Mar 25: NASA’s hold on outreach sparks outcry; Uwingu aims to help fill gap by Alan Boyle, CosmicLog.nbcnews.com
- 2013 Mar 21: Help name new planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B. Just $4.99. by Deborah Byrd, EarthSky.org
- 2013 Mar 21: Uwingu Launches Contest to Name Alpha Centauri Planet by Doug Messier, ParabolicArc.com
- 2013 Mar 21: Contest seeks public name for our closest exoplanet neighbor by Scott Sutherland, ca.news.yahoo.com
- 2013 Mar 20: For a Price, You Can Name the Closest Exoplanet We Know of Alpha Centauri Bb by Lucian Parfeni, Softpedia.com
- 2013 Mar 20: If You’d Like to Name an Exoplanet, Now’s Your Chance by Jeff LaSala, GeekOSystem.com
- 2013 Mar 20: New Contest Seeks Name for Nearest Alien Planet by Mike Wall, Space.com
- 2013 Mar 20: Closest Exoplanet Deserves a ‘Real’ Name, Says Uwingu by Nancy Atkinson, UniverseToday.com
- 2013 Mar 19: Uwingu venture wants to give Alpha Centauri Bb a snappier planet name, by Alan Boyle, CosmicLog.nbcnews.com
Uwingu’s First Product Launch
- 2013 Mar 14: Put Your Stamp On The Universe: Name A Planet! (The First Steps To Intergalactic Domination), by Susie McBeth, NerdLikeYou.com
- 2013 Mar 7: Name Your Own Exoplanet – For $4.99, by Michael D. Lemonick, Time.com
- 2013 Mar 5: Uwingu Announces Board of Advisors, by Doug Messier, ParabolicArc.com
- 2013 Mar 4: Planetary Society Radio Show, by Mat Kaplan, Planetary.org
- 2013 May 2: Uwingu Kicking Off ‘Adopt-A-Planet’ Campaign, by Lee Rannals, redOrbit
- 2013 Mar 1: Uwingu update: Nominate names for planets around faraway stars, by Karri Ferron, Astronomy.com
- 2013 Feb 27: Want to help name a faraway planet? Read this. by Deborah Byrd, EarthSky.com
- 2013 Feb 27: New Website Invites Public To Help Name Distant Planets, by Alan McStravick, RedOrbit.com
- 2013 Feb 23: Planets Deserve Better Names, by Stephen Craft, Slate.com
- 2013 Feb 19: We Need to Rethink How We Name Exoplanets, by Stephen Craft, NewScientist.com
- 2013 6 Feb: Uwingu Creates the Future, AstronomersWithoutBorders.org
Uwingu in the Holiday Season
- 2012 Dec 18: Uwingu for the Holidays, by Karri Ferron, Astronomy.com
Approaching Website Launch
- 2012 Dec 4: Space Start-up Uwingu to ‘transform the landscape’ of Space Funding, by Ray Sanders, BeforeItsNews.com
- 2012 Nov 28: Approaching Pluto, and Learning About Uwingu From Alan Stern, by Laura Kornfeld
Website Beta Testing!
- 2012 Nov 16: Name a Planet! Spacey Startup Uwingu Creating ‘Baby Book of Planet Names, by Stephanie Murg on MediaBistro.com
- 2012 Nov 13: Website wants you to submit names for planetary baby book, by Andy Drduge on TheSpaceReporter.com
Preparing our First Product
- 2012 Nov 9: Good Night, Exoplanets: Baby Book to Raise Science Funds, on SPACE.com
- 2012 Oct 11: Uwingu space startup gets ready to unveil its first product, by Clara Moskowitz on NBCNEWS.com
Our 2012 Indiegogo Campaign [ link ]
- 2012 Oct 2: Uwingu’s Crowdfunding Campaign Concludes, on CrowdSourcing.org
- 2012 Oct 2: Uwingu’s Crowdfunding Campaign Concludes, on CrowdfundingNews.com
- 2012 Sep 24: Uwingu: How *you* can directly fund science, by Phil Plait on Bad Astronomy on DiscoveryMagazine.com
- 2012 Sep 22: Final Push: Help Uwingu Create a New Concept for funding Space Exploration and Astronomy, by Nancy Atkinson on UniverseToday.com
- 2012 Sep 21: Uwingu Looks to Crowdfunding for the Future of Space Exploration, by Zach Walton on webpronews.com
- 2012 Sep 21: Help Uwingu Take Wing, by Carolyn Collins Peterson on SpaceWriter.com
- 2012 Sep 12: Help Uwingu Make a Difference in Space, by Alan Stern on SkyAndTelescope.com
- 2012 Aug 31: SETI’s Alien Search to Get Cash from New Start-Up, by Megan Gonnon on Space.com
- 2012 Aug 31: Uwingu to Begin Funding Research Ahead of Schedule, on Space Daily
- 2012 Aug 30: Funding Coming To SETI’s Allen Telescope Array, by Lee Rannals on redOrbit.com
- 2012 Aug 29: Uwingu’s mystery crowdfunding campaign pledges support for SETI, by Alan Boyle on NBCNEWS.com
- 2012 Aug 19: Boulder researcher spearheads efoort to privately fund space science, by Laura Snider on DenverPost.com
- 2012 Aug 8: New Uwingu Startup Launches Crowd Sourced Funding Campaign, by Doug Messier on Parabolic Arc
- 2012 Aug 4: A Creative New Concept for Funding Space Exploration and Astronomy, by Nancy Atkinson on UniverseToday.com
- 2012 Aug 4: “New start-up aims to fill funding gap for space projects, by Denise Chow on NBCNEWS.com