Astronautical Art

Archiving Art in Outer Space

Astronautical Art is a non-profit organisation on a mission to preserve and share our common artistic heritage in outer space

We collect, document and archive the digital records of humanity's artistic artefacts in space. This archive is a testimony of our developing spacefaring culture.

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Featured project

Rakia Art Project

In April 2022, the Rakia Art Project was launched into space with Israel’s second astronaut.

We recently documented and added these three new works to our archive:

Pioneer Woman

A small sculpture of a female bust wearing a head scarf. It flew as an art payload on NASA's Orion spacecraft's inaugural flight.

Ed Dwight

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ARTSAT2: DESPATCH

ArtSat2 DESPATCH is an art object cast into deep space that composes poetry. The poetry is transmitted on its continuous wave (CW) beacon.

Tama Art University

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Orbital Reflector

A highly reflective, diamond shaped inflatable nonfunctional satellite. The work encourages us to look up at the sky with a renewed sense of wonder.

Trevor Paglen

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explore the archive

Our evolving archive contains

146

documented works of art that have ventured in outer space.
Join us in building the biggest collection of humanity's cultural heritage in space! Get in touch!

What is happening at our sister organisation

thespacecraft.agency

crafting art in outer space

Our sister organisation The Spacecraft Agency is a multidisciplinary collaborative agency dedicated to crafting and curating art projects in outer space to actively engage the arts in the development of space exploration.

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TechEdSat-11

2024

Latest project

The TechEdSat-11 spacecraft is the host of our largest collective art project yet. In true 'Golden Record' style, this innovative NASA technology demonstration mission hosts its own golden plaque featuring art contributions spanning generations and continents, each inspired by Carl Sagan's original Voyager Golden Record.

This mission is a collaboration between The Spacecraft Agency, NASA Ames Research Center and Draw Together. It was launched on July 3rd 2024 onboard a Firefly Alpha Rocket as part of the 'Noise of Summer' mission.