DHL MoonBox

DHL MoonBox[1][2][3] was a mementos box that was launched to the Moon[4][5] on Astrobotic Technology's[6] Peregrine Lunar Lander in 2024. 151 MoonBox capsules, also known as "Moonpods", were made by DHL, each containing items intended to be shipped to the lunar surface. The capsules measured up to 1 inch wide and 2 inches high (2.5 by 5.1 cm), and contained items from the USA, UK, Canada, Nepal, Germany and Belgium. The items included stories written by children and a rock from Mount Everest. DHL also included a data stick which contained 100,000 images from those who responded to its "Who do you love to the moon and back?" campaign.[7][8][9]

Landing of the Peregrine on the moon was later abandoned due to a propellant leak. It re-entered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed on 18 January 2024.[10]

The payloads in the Moonbox include:

DHL Moonbox
DHL MoonBox logo
Country Name Agency, company or person
 USA Mora Moon Museum[11] Project Mora
 UK Anthony Henderson
 USA Gray Crater 1 SWIRVRO
 Canada The Lunar Codex[12] Incandence
 USA Conrad Moonwalker Drive[13] The Conrad Foundation
 USA I Need More Moon[14] TJ Cooney
 USA moon my name Ian Sager
 USA HopeMoonshot[15] Pennsylvania State University
 USA Digital Files[16] Future Grind
 Canada Moonstone[17] Incandence
 UK Astro Liz’s Lab Sticker[18] Elizabeth Norman Astro Liz’s Lab
 Belgium Belgium2theMoon Timecapsule[19] Belgium2theMoon[20]
 UK Apollo Remastered Andy Saunders
 Germany ToTheMoonWithDHL[21][22] DHL
 USA Kennywood Token[23][24][25] Heinz History Center
 USA International Library on the Moon Writers on the Moon[26]
 USA MoonBox MrBeast[27]
   Nepal Nepal Robotics payload[28] Nepal Robotics Project
 USA Consmith Capsule Matthew Congrove
 USA Dogecoin to the moon Dogecoin
 USA AstroVault Quantum Aerospace
 USA Interstellar Archive Dominion Worldwide
 USA u/Valphon[29]
 USA Howdy Bots - FRC #6377
 USA Balko Public School
 USA Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
 UK Into the Red // PRE-SAVE TO THE MOON[30]
 USA Ohio PC Solutions[31]
 Canada 2 the Moon! For Real[32]
 USA GadgetNate
 USA Civil Air Patrol and Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility[33]
 USA The Earthling Project[34]
 UK Great Baddow High School
 Canada USA Writers on the Moon: Stories by 133 authors https://www.writersonthemoon.com
 France VLC Lunar Time Capsule VLC media player

https://lunartimecapsule.space/

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  2. ^ "How Logistics Can Power the Future of Space Travel". DHL. December 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "INSIGHTS Mission to the moon". DHL. September 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  4. ^ Belam, Martin (2024-01-08). "Nasa Peregrine 1 launch: Vulcan Centaur rocket carrying Nasa moon lander lifts off in Florida – live updates". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  5. ^ "DHL to literally offer shipments to the moon". Trans.INFO.
  6. ^ Noëth, Bart (July 5, 2017). "Now you can send a package to the moon with the DHL MoonBox™".
  7. ^ "Lunar shipping: DHL delivers customer mementos to the moon". DHL Group. 2024-01-08. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  8. ^ "Delivered explores the lunar surface with Astrobotic's Michael Provenzano". DHL Group. March 2021. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  9. ^ "DHL delivering Everest rock, meme coin to moon on Astrobotic lander". collectSPACE. 2024-01-08. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  10. ^ Fisher, Kristin; Wattles, Jackie (2024-01-08). "Peregrine mission abandons Moon landing attempt after suffering 'critical' fuel loss". CNN. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  11. ^ "Project Mora | Moon Museum". projectmora.com. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  12. ^ "The Lunar Codex". Incandence. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  13. ^ "MOON BOX". Conrad Challenge.
  14. ^ "Send Your Name to the Moon (Free)" – via www.youtube.com.
  15. ^ "Hope Moonshot". Readiness Institute at Penn State. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  16. ^ "To The Moon". Future Grind. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  17. ^ "Project Moonstone". Incandence. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  18. ^ "Astro Liz - A Guest Blog Post". 26 November 2023.
  19. ^ "BELGIUM 🌛2THE MOON". BELGIUM 🌛2THE MOON.
  20. ^ "Belgium2theMoon Timecapsule". Belgium2theMoon. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  21. ^ "Love you to the Moon and back". DHL InMotion.
  22. ^ Arakelian, Angelina Der (March 14, 2021). "DHL is Now Sending Your Selfies to the Moon". Medium.
  23. ^ Pickels, Mary (February 15, 2019). "Pittsburghers vote to send Kennywood token to the moon". TribLIVE.com.
  24. ^ Mericle, Julia (15 February 2019). "Kennywood Park token to be sent to the moon". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  25. ^ Mervis, Scott (15 February 2019). "Pittsburghers will send a Kennywood token to the moon". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on 2020-11-07.
  26. ^ "A ragtag fleet of stories for a lunar time capsule". Writers on the Moon. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  27. ^ Andrew Parsonson (2021-01-24). "YouTuber MrBeast purchases space aboard NASA-sponsored Astrobotic Moon mission". Rocket Rundown. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  28. ^ "From Drones at Everest to Robots on the Moon!". Nepal Robotics Project.
  29. ^ "You can send something to the Moon, for free! I'm creating a Lunar time capsule via Reddit - Sending up to 10mb of data to the Moon for up to 100,000 people!". January 26, 2021.
  30. ^ "Sheffield band's new single set to blast off to the Moon". www.thestar.co.uk.
  31. ^ "Moonbox - Ohio PC Solutions". October 22, 2020.
  32. ^ "Project Overview - Topics - Xrp Chat". 27 July 2017.
  33. ^ "More than 27,000 Civil Air Patrol Names Headed to the Moon | CNF". cnf.cornell.edu.
  34. ^ C.V, DEMOS, Desarrollo de Medios, S. A. de (January 3, 2021). "La Jornada: Enviarán al espacio un mensaje musical formado por cerca de 10 mil voces". www.jornada.com.mx.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)