NASA is giving people the opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Viper, short for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, the agency’s first robotic lunar rover. 

As part of the Send Your Name with Viper campaign, NASA is encouraging people to submit their names on the agency’s website before 11:59 p.m. EST March 15. 

According to NASA, the names will be attached to the rover as it embarks on a mission to explore the lunar South Pole, the same location the agency plans to land the first woman and first person of color on the moon under its Artemis program.

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"With Viper, we are going to study and explore parts of the moon’s surface no one has ever been to before, and with this campaign, we are inviting the world to be part of that risky yet rewarding journey," said Nicola Fox, associate administrator and science mission directorate at NASA. 

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"Just think, our names will ride along as Viper navigates across the rugged terrain of the lunar South Pole and gathers valuable data that will help us better understand the history of the moon and the environment where we plan to send Artemis astronauts."

NASA said this campaign draws from the agency’s long tradition of shipping inspirational messages on exploratory spacecraft. NASA has previously sent millions of people's names on other missions, including Artemis I, several Mars spacecraft and the upcoming Europa Clipper mission.

NASA’s Viper is part of a larger initiative under the Artemis program to establish a long-term cadence of moon missions in preparation for sending the first astronauts to Mars. The robotic lunar rover is scheduled to explore the moon's South Pole in late 2024, according to NASA.

To add your name, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/send-your-name-with-viper

An irate passenger aboard an American Airlines flight was captured being escorted off the plane after allegedly punching a flight attendant.

American Airlines flight 1497 from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas to Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Montana on Wednesday was diverted mid-trip due to an unruly passenger.

American Airlines confirmed to Fox News Digital that the plane was forced to divert to Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport in Texas after Keith Edward Fagiana repeatedly punched a flight attendant. 

The FAA confirmed in a statement to Fox News Digital that a "passenger disturbance" caused the Boeing 737 to make the early landing.

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J.P. Gallagher, an elected official from Montana, told FOX 4 that his wife alerted him to the enraged voyager.

"My wife kind of started hitting me and saying, you know, getting me to pay attention that something was happening," Gallagher said. "There was a drink cart between us and the incident. So I couldn't see a lot of what was going on, but I could hear some yelling and some, you know, cussing and, you know, the flight attendant saying, stop it."

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According to the criminal complaint, the incident began after another passenger complained that Fagiana was kicking his chair.

After a flight attendant became involved, Fagiana allegedly became enraged and began punching the American Airlines employee in the stomach.

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The out-of-control passenger allegedly punched the flight attendant three times before passengers and other flight attendants were able to restrain Fagiana in zip tie handcuffs.

Gallagher said that he was most concerned that Fagiana had a weapon.

"I was just paying attention to make sure that I didn't see or hear anything about a weapon. You know, that was probably the most concerning thing," Gallagher told the local outlet.

The flight was diverted to Amarillo, where the FBI and local police were waiting.

Video showed local law enforcement removing Fagiana from the plane.

Authorities told FOX 4 that after they removed Fagiana, he, "…complained to officers the flex cuffs were hurting him," and "while changing out handcuffs, Fagiana kicked one of the Amarillo Airport Police officers in the groin area and spit on escorting officers."

Fagiana allegedly told the FBI he did not remember anything that happened on the flight because he had been drinking Captain Morgan rum at bars in Las Vegas beforehand.

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In a statement, American Airlines confirmed no one was injured during the incident, but said acts of violence are not tolerated.

The Federal Aviation Administration said that airlines reported 45 attacks by passengers on flight attendants last year.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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