Send your valentine a spacey e-card, with NASA's help this Valentine's Day

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There are more than 40 options to choose from.

NASA has made a variety of space-themed Valentine's Day e-cards freely available, including this one featuring a gorgeous Saturn photo snapped by the agency's Cassini probe.
NASA has made a variety of space-themed Valentine's Day e-cards freely available, including this one featuring a gorgeous Saturn photo snapped by the agency's Cassini probe. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)

You can give your valentine a card that's out of this world, thanks to NASA.

The space agency has put together some freely available e-cards that feature iconic space photos with special Valentine's Day messages attached. 

For example, one card depicts the Perseverance Mars rover and Ingenuity helicopter together on the Red Planet, with "We make a great team!" as the accompanying text. And if you're thinking about taking your relationship to the next level, you can choose the card with a gorgeous photo of Saturn snapped by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. "Put a ring on it," this one reads.

There are more than 40 cards to choose from, and they feature a wide range of celestial objects, from Mars and our own sun to distant galaxies. (Yes, Pluto's famous heart makes an appearance.) You can find them all, along with instructions about how to personalize and send your e-card, here.

Mike Wall is the author of "Out There" (Grand Central Publishing, 2018; illustrated by Karl Tate), a book about the search for alien life. Follow him on Twitter @michaeldwall. Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom or on Facebook.

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Mike Wall
Mike Wall
Senior Space Writer

Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, "Out There," was published on Nov. 13, 2018. Before becoming a science writer, Michael worked as a herpetologist and wildlife biologist. He has a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from the University of Sydney, Australia, a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona, and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. To find out what his latest project is, you can follow Michael on Twitter.