(Photo by Nasa, uploaded on Flickr by Jurvetson. See a high resolution version too!)
The Phoenix interplanetary exploration vehicle landed on Mars. My name, David Orban, is on it, together with those of the other members* of Planetary Society. This is of course a rather indirect way of being on Mars, but for the moment I can’t do better, and it is still thrilling to feel part of humanities space exploration efforts!
The photo above is really worth seeing at high resolution: it shows the Phoenix lander descending on the surface, as seen by the Mars Orbiter flying around the planet.
*If you want your name flying into space on other vehicles, you can participate in other programs that the Planetary Society is organizing too!