Space-themed novelty gifts from Joshua Tree country
The gift for people who have everything on Earth.
Name a real crater on the Moon after anyone you like. Pick one of the 24 craters open today, write the dedication, and a stargazing gift set arrives from the high desert with the certificate inside. $54.00, shipped free. Dedicated once, so it can never be regifted.
- Free USPS shipping, no sales tax
- Public only if you ask, permanent either way
1,615 craters. Twenty-four a day. Yours forever.
The problem with gifts
Most presents are objects.
This one is a place.
You already know the problem. The thing you buy is good for a week, then it is on a shelf, then it is in a drawer. Nobody remembers the shelf.
A crater does not go in a drawer. It is a real feature of a real world, catalogued by astronomers, sitting at coordinates that have not moved in four billion years and will not move in your lifetime. Once it is dedicated here, it is closed to everyone else, permanently.
The Moon belongs to all of humanity. We are not selling it. We are writing a name beside a piece of it, and giving you a reason to go outside and find it.
Explore, don’t exploit!
I brought the star chart.
Meet the mascots
Meet Dick and Jane.
They name craters on dates.
Jane once slept in a tree for three hours to save a forest. Dick has never been seen in sweatpants. Together they are out to prove the best gifts are about 238,855 miles away.
Read their storyWhat’s in the gift box
One box, printed in the desert, built to be opened slowly.
- A printed certificate of dedication naming your crater, with its real coordinates and diameter
- The Field Notes journal, for observing, sketching and dreaming
- Two large-format coloring pages: The Moon Is Calling and Joshua Trees Reach For The Stars
- The high desert star chart, Look Up. Wonder. Protect.
- The Joshua Tree Crater Company sticker
A unique gift idea for stargazers of every age, packed by hand and sent with free USPS shipping inside the United States. One of our most-loved gifts for kids, gifts for grown-ups, and gifts for the holidays alike. No subscription, no second charge, no assembly required.
Claim a crater, $54.00How it works
Four steps. About ten minutes.
Choose from today’s twenty-four
Real craters, named by astronomers, at coordinates you can find with binoculars. Twenty-four open each morning and each one is dedicated only once.
Write the dedication
A name, and a message if you want one. It is printed on the certificate, and published on the registry only if you ask us to.
Pay once, $54
Free shipping, no sales tax, no subscription. Stripe handles the card, so your details never touch this site.
The registry closes behind you
Your crater is marked dedicated the moment payment clears and is never offered again. Then a box leaves the desert.
The certificate
This is what gets printed.
Your crater, its real coordinates, its real diameter, and the name you choose. Nothing invented and nothing padded out with fake Latin. The example card here is the same card that goes in the box.
The disclaimer is printed on it too, in plain sight: this is a dedication in our own registry, not an International Astronomical Union designation. Anyone who tells you they can sell you the official name is lying to you.
Write yoursThe Joshua Tree Crater Company
Certificate of dedication
The lunar crater
Aristarchus
23.73° N, 47.49° W · 40 km across
is dedicated to
For Ada, who asked what the spots were
“Same sky, bigger dreams.”
From the desert to the Moon.
Recorded in the JT Crater Company Registry. Not an official International Astronomical Union designation.
JT Crater Company Registry
1 crater dedicated so far.
Questions
The honest answers.
Including the one most companies in this business will not give you straight.
Read all questionsIs this an official IAU naming?
No, and we will never claim otherwise. Official lunar nomenclature is decided by the International Astronomical Union and cannot be bought by anyone. Your dedication is recorded permanently in our own public registry, printed on your certificate, and tied to a real crater with real coordinates. It is a keepsake and a gesture, not a legal claim on the Moon.
Why only twenty-four craters a day?
There are 1,615 named craters in our catalogue and each one is dedicated once, permanently. Releasing twenty-four a day keeps the choice small enough to actually think about, and means the person who comes after you is never offered something already taken.
What is actually in the box?
A printed certificate of dedication with your crater, its coordinates and its diameter, the Field Notes journal, two large coloring pages, the high desert star chart and a sticker, in a black keepsake box.
How much is shipping and how fast is it?
Standard USPS shipping is free and dispatches within three business days. Expedited USPS Priority Mail Express is $27.99 and dispatches the next business day. We ship within the United States only for now.
Can I keep my dedication private?
Yes. Your crater always gets its own permanent registry page with its coordinates and history, but the dedication name and message only appear there if you ask us to show them. Nothing is published without your say so, and every entry is read by a human before it goes up.
Give a gift they can point at every clear night.
$54.00, shipped free, and the dedication is permanent. A unique gift idea for kids, grown-ups, and the holidays. Every crater is dedicated once, and once it is yours it is never offered to anyone else.
Claim a crater