News from Richard Garriott's Space Mission

October 21, 2008 - Keep up with Richard's daily mission activities since the launch. Read more...

How Should Our Civilization Be Remembered?

October 10, 2008 - Poll results revealing humanity's greatest achievements to be placed on Immortality Drive headed to International Space Station on Sunday. Read more...

Watch Richard Garriott's Flight into Space

October 1, 2008 - Interested in watching Richard Garriott's historic journey into space in the early hours of Sunday, October 12? Now you will have multiple opportunities, both at a space launch party in Austin and across the Internet via a variety of live video streams.

Playboy's Cyber Girl of the Year 2008 Goes to Space

September 26, 2008 - Jo Garcia, Playboy's popular Cyber Girl of the Year for 2008, will become immortal by donating her digitized DNA for storage on the International Space Station. Operation Immortality involves storing the genetic code for many of humanity's best and brightest,...

Stephen Hawking Sending DNA into Space to Promote the Archon X PRIZE for Genomics

September 26, 2008 - AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 23, 2008—Stephen Hawking, best selling author of "A Brief History of Time" and the children's book "George's Secret Key to the Universe" written along with his daughter Lucy, will be sending his digitized DNA into space as...

OI participant to get award tonight

September 18, 2008 - Tonight on TNA Wrestling's "iMPACT" (SpikeTV at 9PM CDT) NC West's very own President of Publishing, David Reid, will honor Matt "The Blueprint" Morgan's amazing physical stature and outstanding genetics with a very special award. Morgan, also known as "The Beast" on NBC's new "American Gladiators," will also send his DNA into space, along with Stephen Colbert and many others, for Richard Garriott's Operation Immortality.

Stephen Colbert goes Intergalactic

September 8, 2008 - NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2008—Stephen Colbert continues to make late-night television space history. On "The Colbert Report" in May, he was the first host in late-night to interview an astronaut, Garrett Reisman, in space. Now, Colbert plans to save humanity when he has his DNA digitized and sent to the International Space Station (ISS) with famed game designer Richard Garriott.

Silicon Valley Icons to send DNA into space

September 4, 2008 - AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 4, 2008—NCsoft's® Operation Immortality™ has added three of Silicon Valley's most celebrated minds to the growing list of notable names who are sending their digitized DNA into space. Kevin Rose, creator of the social-bookmarking website Digg, Robert Scoble, one of the world's most popular tech bloggers and Tim Draper, founder of the venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, have agreed to send their DNA to orbit along with celebrated game designer Richard Garriott, who is traveling to the International Space Station (ISS) on Oct. 12.

Operation Immortality Extended!

September 4, 2008 - Operation Immortality has really taken off, with some of today's top athletes, artists, and musicians signing on to have their digitized DNA preserved on the Immortality Drive. And now, there is even more time to join them! Operation Immortality has...

Screenwriters Sending DNA to Space

August 29, 2008 - AUSTIN, Texas, August 29, 2008—Yet another group of prominent names has agreed to send their digitized DNA into space aboard the "Immortality Drive." Nine well-known television writers, screenwriters and comedy writers will have their DNA sequenced, digitized and sent into orbit on the Immortality Drive, a time capsule that will contain the digitized DNA of select video game players, space aficionados and celebrities. The drive will be carried to the International Space Station (ISS) by famed game developer Richard Garriott when he travels to space on October 12.

Training with Richard Garriott

August 21, 2008 - Daylife has put together a great collection of information resource for everyone interested in following Richard Garriott's training for his October excursion to the International Space Station. Included are slideshows, timelines, and breaking news. Check it out at daylife.com....

Texas Music Legend Joe Ely sends his DNA and Nobel Laureate Insights into Space

August 20, 2008 - Today, NCsoft announced that Joe Ely, Grammy Award winning American singer, songwriter and guitarist, has agreed to include his DNA and key Nobel laureate insights from The Nobelity Project (www.nobelity.org), on Garriott's Immortality Drive. This addition will carry excerpts from...

More Operation Immortality Polls are In!

August 18, 2008 - Another week of polling has closed at Operation Immortality, and your voice has been heard and your entries tallied; revealing what you voted as your favorite Songs, Musical Artists, and Books of all time. Curious if YOUR favorite made the...

Olympic Gold Medalist Joins the Fight to Save Humanity

August 15, 2008 - AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 15, 2008—Operation Immortality™, a project intended to collect and archive the very best of what humanity has accomplished, is creating a digital time capsule of the human race, including messages from people around the world and DNA samples from some of our brightest minds and most accomplished athletes. Scott Johnson, Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics, three-time National Champion and 2006 USA Olympic Hall of Fame inductee, now stands among those who have been asked to participate in Operation Immortality's mission to preserve the most talented and influential people of our time, and has submitted his DNA to be added to the capsule.

Docublogers: Richard In Space!

August 15, 2008 - If you've been following the progress of Richard Garriott's upcoming mission to the International Space Station, and even if you haven't, you definitely need to check out Docublogers' latest video. This footage was shot during Garriott's last on-camera appearance in...