May 2019
A matter of perspective
... why I became one of Virgin Galactic´s Pioneer Astronauts in 2012 with the aim of being one of the first artists in space. Gruelling training programmes in Russia’s Star City, with NASTAR in the United States and at the German Aerospace...
May 2019
Space for Art – Astronauts and artists
... from the threads of his suit patch. A large part of the space community that is generally thought of as ‘technical only’ is beautifully artistic too I’m an astronaut who is also an artist. Throughout my almost 30 years with NASA and in the astronaut...
October 2024
The Human Spaceship - Off Balance
... - Upon the Moon’, can be found at https://www.vane.org.uk. About the author Helen Schell is a visual artist and space science educator based in northeast England. Since 2007, she has devised and presented specialist...
February 2016
Shifting Space Perspectives: Artistic Research as Connective Research Area
... approach to today’s challenges in mapping spaceflight parameters on the city. Artist’s impression of SHEE deployed on the surface of Mars The CAAS project highlights space ecologies such as water regeneration, air revitalisation, living within multi...
August 2019
Reinventing the space museum
... the public sphere in a meaningful, lasting way? Science as a muse There are infinite ways that contemporary artists and space scientists can (and do) collaborate to create meaningful and gorgeous artwork. Whilst each of the examples presented below...
30 September 2019
Elon Musk unveils SpaceX's massive new Starship
... Japanese business man Yusaku Maezawa and a handful of artists into space and around the Moon for SpaceX’s first planned space tourist trip in the 2020s. But plans are afoot to be in space by summer, or possibly spring of next year. “This...
