Articles tagged: Fallen Astronaut

• June 2018 Archaeologist of the future

  ... and retroreflectors, this object - a small aluminium sculpture, an 8.5 cm tall, stylised depiction of an astronaut in a spacesuit - serves no technical purpose. It is the Fallen Astronaut, the only piece of art on the Moon. One of Paul Van Hoeydonck...

  • Apollo 15
  • Fallen Astronaut
  • Hoeydonck
  • space art
  Authors: Guerric de Crombrugghe    
• October 2016 Project MOONWALK

  .... Other tools specifically developed for the MOONWALK were an Astronaut Rescue Stick to be used to help a fallen astronaut get back up on his/her feet, and an Astronaut Tether Control that permits an astronaut to support (and stabilise) the rover...

  • Article
  • Australian Defence innovation
  • David Evans
  • extra-vehicular activities
  • MOONWALK
  • SHEE
  Authors: Dr Barbara Imhof     Dr Thomas Vögele     Peter Weiss    
• November 2017 Preserving Apollo’s lunar legacy

  ... cosmonauts who perished before the mission. The tiny, man-like object in front represents the figure of a fallen astronaut/ cosmonaut. Humankind’s path to space started with a race to put a human imprint on the “magnificent desolation” of the Moon...

  • Aldrin
  • Apollo
  • Armstrong
  • Moon
  Authors: Michelle L.D. Hanlon     Roy Balleste