NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names to be etched on a microchip aboard a spacecraft headed to the asteroid Bennu in 2016. The "Messages to Bennu!" microchip will travel to the asteroid aboard the agency's Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft. The robotic mission will spend more than two years at the 1,760-foot (500-meter)-wide asteroid. The spacecraft will collect a sample of Bennu's surface and return it to Earth in a sample return capsule. Those wishing to participate in "Messages to Bennu!" should submit their name online no later than Sept. 30 at: planetary.org/bennu Image credit: NASA/Goddard/Chris Meaney #bennu #asteroid #asteroid #asteroidbennu #osirisrex #nasa #space #spacecraft #name #sendyournametospace