Boryeong to Send Citizens' Wish Messages on U.S. Lunar Lander

Message Walls Installed at Eight Hospitals and Universities

Boryeong announced on May 22 that it is pursuing a project to send the winning artwork from the elementary division of the 'HIS Youth' Youth Space Medicine Competition to the moon aboard the 'Nova-C' lunar lander by the U.S. space company Intuitive Machines, while also conducting a campaign to collect citizens' wish messages at eight hospitals and universities nationwide.

The 'My Wish Sent to the Moon' message wall campaign held from the 13th to the 15th in the main lobby of Severance Hospital. Photo by Boreong

The citizen participation campaign, “My Wish to the Moon” message wall, is currently installed and operating at eight institutions across the country. In the pediatric outpatient clinic at Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital and the main lobby of Severance Hospital, children undergoing treatment and their families are leaving messages to be sent to the moon. Message walls have also been set up on major university campuses, including Pohang University of Science and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, KAIST, Gyeongsang National University, and Seoul National University, where students and researchers are participating. At Yonsei University, the message wall was operated during the Aerospace Week event from May 13 to 15.

Boryeong previously held a joint event with the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC). At the Korea Science Festival held at KINTEX in Ilsan and the Daejeon Convention Center, the company operated an experience program where families could leave messages, alongside an exhibition of the 2025 HIS Youth award-winning works.

To commemorate Aerospace Day, the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) will hold the 2nd Aerospace Week launch ceremony at the National Science Museum in Daejeon on May 23, and the Aerospace Day ceremony and cultural program at the KASA headquarters in Sacheon on May 27. During these events, a “My Wish to the Moon” event wall will be installed, and an online event will be conducted simultaneously through the official KASA website to gather public support.

HIS Youth, jointly operated by Boryeong and KOFAC, marks its third year in 2026. This year, it will head to the lunar surface through Intuitive Machines' IM-3 mission, making it the first time a creative work from South Korea will reach the surface of the moon.

Kim Jungkyun, CEO of Boryeong, stated, “The HIS Youth program is an educational initiative that enables the next generation to imagine and participate in connecting space and life sciences. It will be a meaningful experience, as the imagination and messages of children will be linked to future space exploration and recorded as part of Korea’s journey to the moon.”

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