Send Postcards to Space with Club for the Future and Artist Denise De la Rue
Artist Denise De la Rue in partnership with Blue Origin’s non-profit, Club for the Future are thrilled to announce the launch of the “Send Postcards to Space” initiative in Mexico. This groundbreaking project invites students and space enthusiasts in Mexico to draw or write their vision of the future on a postcard and Blue Origin will fly it to space and back on a future New Shepard mission. Club for the Future will then stamp them “flown to space” and return them to their creators. Participants will be able to draw postcards until April 2025.
The paper postcards were designed by the artist taking as a starting point the Mayan Calendar from the year 3114 BC that she manipulated through AI to create the designs.
This unique collaboration between Club for the Future and Denise De la Rue merges the limitless possibilities of space exploration with the transformative power of art and science offering children, teenagers and space enthusiasts across Mexico the opportunity to communicate their hopes, dreams, and creativity through postcards that will venture beyond our planet’s atmosphere and return aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.
How to Participate
Artist Denise De La Rue and Gigante Foundation, will be providing paper postcards in partnership with institutions, foundations, schools and hospitals across Mexico.To submit a digital postcard, participants can submit their postcards through the QR code and or the link below from their devices. The digital postcards will journey to space and back aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket on a dedicated hard drive. Once they have returned from space, they will receive an email with instructions on how to access their postcards.
Inspiring Mexico’s Future Leaders
As a key mission of Club for the Future and a goal for Denise De La Rue, this initiative seeks to inspire students across Mexico to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics (STEAM). By blending space exploration with artistic expression, this collaboration introduces young minds to the endless opportunities of space and encourages creative thinking about humanity’s future in space and our connectedness as humanity with the planet and the cosmos.
