astronautical.art preserves and shares our common artistic heritage in outer space

This online platform collects, documents and archives the digital records of humanity's artistic artefacts in space. This archive is a testimony of our developing spacefaring culture.

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Rakia Art Project

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

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We recently documented and added these new works to the 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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Our evolving archive contains

146

documented works of art that have ventured in outer space.
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Astronautical Art is an 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.

Astronautical Art is managed by the Astronautical Art Initiative, a non-profit organisation registered under Belgian law.

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