DHL MoonBox

{{Short description|Box contained within 2024 moon launch}}

DHL MoonBox{{Cite web|url=https://theloadstar.com/shooting-off-outer-space-dhl-first-commercial-payload-transport-moon-ready-launch/|title=Shooting off into outer space with DHL: the first commercial payload transport to the Moon is ready for launch|date=July 11, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dhl.com/discover/business/productivity/DHL-Lunar-Drone-Delivery-Service|title=How Logistics Can Power the Future of Space Travel|date=December 1, 2022|publisher=DHL}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dhl.com/global-en/home/about-us/delivered-magazine/articles/2019/50-years-dhl-special/mission-to-the-moon.html|title=INSIGHTS Mission to the moon|date=September 2019|access-date=November 30, 2022|publisher=DHL}} was a mementos box that was launched to the Moon{{Cite news |last=Belam |first=Martin |date=2024-01-08 |title=Nasa Peregrine 1 launch: Vulcan Centaur rocket carrying Nasa moon lander lifts off in Florida – live updates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2024/jan/08/nasa-peregrine-1-launch-rocket-moon-latest-news-updates-live |access-date=2024-01-08 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web|url=https://trans.info/en/dhl-to-literally-offer-shipments-to-the-moon-213689|title=DHL to literally offer shipments to the moon|website=Trans.INFO}} on Astrobotic Technology's{{Cite web|url=https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/dhl-express/now-can-send-package-moon-dhl-moonbox/|title=Now you can send a package to the moon with the DHL MoonBox™|first=Bart|last=Noëth|date=July 5, 2017}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-08 |title=Lunar shipping: DHL delivers customer mementos to the moon |url=https://group.dhl.com/en/media-relations/press-releases/2024/lunar-shipping-dhl-delivers-customer-mementos-to-the-moon.html |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=DHL Group}}{{Cite web |date=March 2021 |title=Delivered explores the lunar surface with Astrobotic’s Michael Provenzano |url=https://www.dhl.com/global-en/delivered/insights/delivered-explores-the-lunar-surface-with-astrobotics-michael-provenzano.html |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=DHL Group}}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-08 |title=DHL delivering Everest rock, meme coin to moon on Astrobotic lander |url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-010824a-dhl-moonbox-everest-rock-dogecoin-mementos-astrobotic.html |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=collectSPACE}}

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.{{Cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=Kristin |last2=Wattles |first2=Jackie |date=2024-01-08 |title=Peregrine mission abandons Moon landing attempt after suffering 'critical' fuel loss |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/08/world/peregrine-lunar-lander-anomaly-astrobotic-nasa-scn/index.html |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=CNN |language=en}}

The payloads in the Moonbox include:

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! Country

! Name

! Agency, company or person

{{flag|USA}}

|Mora Moon Museum{{Cite web |title=Project Mora {{!}} Moon Museum |url=https://projectmora.com/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=projectmora.com}}

|Project Mora

{{flag|UK}}

|

| Anthony Henderson

{{flag|USA}}

| Gray Crater 1

| SWIRVRO

{{flag|Canada}}

| The Lunar Codex{{cite web|title=The Lunar Codex|url=https://www.lunarcodex.com/|access-date=2021-03-24|publisher=Incandence}}

| Incandence

{{flag|USA}}

| Conrad Moonwalker Drive{{Cite web|url=https://www.conradchallenge.org/moonbox|title=MOON BOX|website=Conrad Challenge}}

| The Conrad Foundation

{{flag|USA}}

| I Need More Moon{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb1WrGvxO8M|title=Send Your Name to the Moon (Free)|via=www.youtube.com}}

| TJ Cooney

{{flag|USA}}

| moon my name

| Ian Sager

{{flag|USA}}

| HopeMoonshot{{cite web|title=Hope Moonshot|url=https://readinessinstitute.psu.edu/hope-moonshot/|access-date=2021-02-06|publisher=Readiness Institute at Penn State}}

| Pennsylvania State University

{{flag|USA}}

| Digital Files{{cite web|title=To The Moon|url=https://futuregrind.org/moon|access-date=2021-02-06|publisher=Future Grind}}

| Future Grind

{{flag|Canada}}

| Moonstone{{cite web|title=Project Moonstone|url=https://www.incandence.com|access-date=2021-02-24|publisher=Incandence}}

| Incandence

{{flag|UK}}

| Astro Liz’s Lab Sticker{{Cite web|url=http://www.astrobotic.com/astro-liz-a-guest-blog-post/ |title=Astro Liz - A Guest Blog Post |date=26 November 2023 }}

| Elizabeth Norman Astro Liz’s Lab

{{flag|Belgium}}

| Belgium2theMoon Timecapsule{{Cite web|url=https://belgium2themoon.weebly.com/|title=BELGIUM 🌛2THE MOON|website=BELGIUM 🌛2THE MOON}}

| Belgium2theMoon{{cite web|title=Belgium2theMoon Timecapsule|url=https://Belgium2theMoon.weebly.com|access-date=2021-03-02|publisher=Belgium2theMoon}}

{{flag|UK}}

| Apollo Remastered

| Andy Saunders

{{flag|Germany}}

| ToTheMoonWithDHL{{Cite web|url=https://inmotion.dhl/en/moon/|title=Love you to the Moon and back|website=DHL InMotion}}{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/illumination/dhl-is-now-sending-your-selfies-to-the-moon-4d236f07f0c9|title=DHL is Now Sending Your Selfies to the Moon|first=Angelina Der|last=Arakelian|date=March 14, 2021|website=Medium}}

| DHL

{{flag|USA}}

| Kennywood Token{{Cite web|url=https://triblive.com/lifestyles/more-lifestyles/kennywood-token-will-represent-burgh-in-first-commercial-moon-landing/|title=Pittsburghers vote to send Kennywood token to the moon|first=Mary|last=Pickels|date=February 15, 2019|website=TribLIVE.com}}{{Cite web|last=Mericle|first=Julia|date=15 February 2019|title=Kennywood Park token to be sent to the moon|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2019/02/15/kennywood-park-token-to-be-sent-to-the-moon.html|access-date=2021-05-02|website=www.bizjournals.com}}{{Cite web|last=Mervis|first=Scott|date=15 February 2019|title=Pittsburghers will send a Kennywood token to the moon|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/life/recreation/2019/02/15/Pittsburghers-will-send-a-Kennywood-token-moon-Astrobotic-MoonBox-heinz-history-center/stories/201902150098|url-status=live|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107233456/https://www.post-gazette.com/life/recreation/2019/02/15/Pittsburghers-will-send-a-Kennywood-token-moon-Astrobotic-MoonBox-heinz-history-center/stories/201902150098 |archive-date=2020-11-07 }}

| Heinz History Center

{{flag|USA}}

| International Library on the Moon

| Writers on the Moon{{cite web|title=A ragtag fleet of stories for a lunar time capsule|url=https://www.writersonthemoon.com|access-date=2021-02-22|publisher=Writers on the Moon}}

{{flag|USA}}

| MoonBox

| MrBeast{{cite web|last=Andrew Parsonson|date=2021-01-24|title=YouTuber MrBeast purchases space aboard NASA-sponsored Astrobotic Moon mission|url=https://rocketrundown.com/youtuber-mrbeast-purchases-space-aboard-nasa-sponsored-astrobotic-moon-mission/|access-date=2021-02-06|publisher=Rocket Rundown}}

{{flag|Nepal}}

| Nepal Robotics payload{{Cite web|url=https://nepalrobotics.org/usa-updates/2018/10/9/from-drones-to-the-moon-october-2018|title=From Drones at Everest to Robots on the Moon!|website=Nepal Robotics Project}}

| Nepal Robotics Project

{{flag|USA}}

| Consmith Capsule

| Matthew Congrove

{{flag|USA}}

| Dogecoin to the moon

| Dogecoin

{{flag|USA}}

|AstroVault

|Quantum Aerospace

{{flag|USA}}

|Interstellar Archive

|Dominion Worldwide

{{flag|USA}}

|

| u/Valphon{{Cite web|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/l52iym/you_can_send_something_to_the_moon_for_free_im/|title=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!|date=January 26, 2021}}

{{flag|USA}}

|

| [https://howdybots.org/ Howdy Bots - FRC #6377]

{{flag|USA}}

|

| Balko Public School

{{flag|USA}}

|

| Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

{{flag|UK}}

|

| Into the Red // PRE-SAVE TO THE MOON{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/sheffield-bands-new-single-set-to-blast-off-to-the-moon-3160884|title=Sheffield band's new single set to blast off to the Moon|website=www.thestar.co.uk}}

{{flag|USA}}

|

| Ohio PC Solutions{{Cite web|url=https://ohiopcsolutions.com/moonbox/|title=Moonbox - Ohio PC Solutions|date=October 22, 2020}}

{{flag|Canada}}

|

| 2 the Moon! For Real{{Cite web|url=https://www.xrpchat.com/topic/7758-project-overview/|title=Project Overview - Topics - Xrp Chat|date=27 July 2017 }}

{{flag|USA}}

|

| GadgetNate

{{flag|USA}}

|

| Civil Air Patrol and Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility{{Cite web|url=https://cnf.cornell.edu/node/325|title=More than 27,000 Civil Air Patrol Names Headed to the Moon | CNF|website=cnf.cornell.edu}}

{{flag|USA}}

|

| The Earthling Project{{Cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2021/01/03/espectaculos/a06n1esp|title=La Jornada: Enviarán al espacio un mensaje musical formado por cerca de 10 mil voces|first=DEMOS, Desarrollo de Medios, S. A. de|last=C.V|date=January 3, 2021|website=www.jornada.com.mx}}

{{flag|UK}}

|

| Great Baddow High School

{{flag|Canada}}{{flag|USA}}

| Writers on the Moon: Stories by 133 authors

| https://www.writersonthemoon.com

{{flag|France}}

| VLC Lunar Time Capsule{{Cite web |last=Ondet |first=Geoffroy |date=2021-02-09 |title=Pour ses 20 ans, VLC vous propose d’envoyer votre vidéo préférée sur la Lune |url=https://www.01net.com/actualites/pour-ses-20-ans-vlc-vous-propose-d-envoyer-votre-video-preferee-sur-la-lune-2034058.html |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=01net.com |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |last=Lausson |first=Julien |date=2021-02-09 |title=Pourquoi VLC va envoyer un faux cône de chantier sur la Lune |url=https://www.numerama.com/tech/687824-pourquoi-vlc-va-envoyer-un-faux-cone-de-chantier-sur-la-lune.html |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Numerama |language=fr-FR}}

| VLC media player

https://lunartimecapsule.space/

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