Believe it or not, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, VLC—the renowned media player used by millions worldwide—has announced a truly out-of-this-world project: sending user-submitted videos to the Moon.
This ambitious endeavor, called VLC Lunar Time Capsule, will hitch a ride on Griffin, the lander from NASA’s Artemis program and the first commercial lunar flight slated for late 2025.
With a submission deadline of February 28, 2025, individuals have a unique chance to immortalize personal messages, favorite landscapes, or fun group videos to benefit future lunar explorers.
This time capsule will house videos from users around the globe and include 1,000 classic films handpicked by the VLC team. All video files will be stored on rugged microSD cards (attached to the Griffin lander) and safeguarded in a sealed titanium container to withstand extreme lunar conditions.
Once firmly planted on the Moon, this capsule will remain there indefinitely, preserving its cultural treasure for generations to come.
To participate, contributors need to upload a video—ranging from personal clips to spontaneous scenery shots—without the restraints of typical content moderation. While the range of possible submissions is virtually endless, the core idea is to celebrate creativity and leave a heartfelt message for humanity’s future in space.
The process is very straightforward for those hoping to secure a place in space history, yet time is of the essence. Visit the dedicated website, click the “REC or Upload” link in the image, and follow the instructions.
Submissions close on February 28, 2025 (hurry, only a few days left) to allow final preparations before the mission’s late-2025 launch. You can also see the announcement on VLC’s official X account.
microsd cards can store info for how long without use?
VLC could be cool cool, but unlike other projects, in 20 years they have not managed to make it really stable. They keep adding new bugs to it which makes it annoying to use… ;-(
I have not used it in a long time since i had issues in the past with it. it could be better now i have no idea. i have been using the celluloid flatpak from flathub for a while now and have no complaints since all i need is something that plays files locally.
Having polluted the earth, now we start on the moon…
thats fine there is not much on the moon accept moon dust and rocks and it is impossible to mess up the environment up there since no environment exist. countries want to mind the moon which will cost a fortune and if we ever live on the moon we will most likely need to live underground to protect ourselves from radiation and that would still not account for the loss of gravity which would be bad for are long term health due to things like loss of bone density and so on
It seems you must create a google account in order to upload a video. No thanks. 😒
Small cost for one to be sent to the moon. You can always use fake info and then delete account.
Then they will never get any credit for the contribution and it will be a contribution from a fake person? last time i checked didn’t google make you have a non internet phone number to make a account? i tried to make a extra google account a while back and the phone requirement made it harder but i gave up quickly after being annoyed and not wanting to waste my time.
lol