Now you may upgrade any new crater name purchase to include a beautiful framed certificate! We just added this service that makes a special keepsake for you or your friends and loved ones to hang in an office, a family room, or even in a child’s bedroom. We offer free shipping for US orders, and […]
In April 2014 we launched our first call for grant applications. This opportunity was to help award grant funds for planetary science graduate students to use for travel expenses to present their research. In June we reviewed all of the applicants and were thrilled to award 11 students with travel grants. As an update, we […]
Say “I Love You” With A Mars Crater Named for Someone Special—And Make a Real Impact on Them! We have a new way to honor those you love for Valentine’s Day—with a crater name on our new Mars map being created for the Mars One private space mission. As a part of this, we are offering a […]
Last month, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first mission to Mars, NASA’s Mariner 4, launched in late 1964, we teamed up with eBay to auction the naming rights to the largest unnamed crater on the Uwingu Mars map. The crater is at Latitude: -25.1° N, Longitude: 327.27° E This map is the official Mars map of the […]
Celebrating 50 Years of Mars Exploration On November 28th, we launched the first private radio transmission to Mars, sending an historic almost 90,000 names, messages, and pictures from people on Earth. Now those same messages, running almost 900 printed pages, have been delivered to the NASA Administrator, key space program appropriators in Congress, and the […]
At Uwingu, we truly appreciate your help naming Mars craters and spreading the word about our goal of creating a new way to fund grants for space research, exploration and education. As a token of our thanks we are going to be sharing a special $10 gift coupon to ALL of our email newsletter subscribers—all […]
eBay bidders auction to name largest unnamed crater on Uwingu’s Mars map, proceeds to benefit the National Space Society, the Mars One project, and more Looking for an out of this world holiday gift opportunity or an incredible marriage proposal or anniversary idea? For the next 10 days, eBay and Uwingu have partnered to give […]
Christmas, Chanukah, and Seasons Greetings Options Debuting for the Holidays 2014 Uwingu announced today the launch of special Mars crater naming certificates commemorating Christmas, Chanukah, and Seasons Greetings, creating a truly novel, ‘out of this world,’ gifting opportunity for the Holidays in 2014. “Know someone who has everything? Having problems thinking of new gift ideas? […]
Celebrates 50 Years of Mars Exploration; the Messages will Travel at the Speed of Light Uwingu will launch a radio transmission to Mars on Friday, November 28th, sending almost 90,000 names, messages, and pictures from people on Earth. This is the first time messages from people on Earth have been transmitted to Mars by radio. […]
Scott MacDonald, a grade level coordinator and Grade 4 teacher at the GEMS American Academy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates named a Uwingu Mars crater with his classroom students. We wanted to share a little about the terrific project and his strategy for getting the kids involved. We asked him a few questions about […]