Noted physicist, writer and inventor Dr. Samuel Peralta is sending the work 1200 artists, writers and poets on a time capsule to the Moon via Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander. It launches late 2021 on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket, scheduled to land on the moon in late 2021. Peralta has selected from works curated by Didi Menendez and guest curators of Poets/Artists magazine.
The WOTM database is contained in a microSD card and encapsulated in a special DHL MoonBoxTM. Delivery is by Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lunar Lander, through NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.
Launch is scheduled in July 2021 from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket.
The lander will touch down in the Lacus Mortis region of the Moon, marking Earth’s return, and the first mission carrying commercial payloads, to the lunar surface.
According to Dr Peralta "This is the first commercial launch to the Moon in history, and marks the first US spacecraft to land on the Moon since the Apollo program over 50 years ago.”
“Our hope is that future travelers who find this capsule will discover some of the richness of our world today,” Dr. Peralta said. “These works on the Moon speak to the idea that, despite wars and pandemics and climate upheaval, humankind found time to dream, time to create art.”It is with enormous gratitude I thank Samuel Peralta for this opportunity.
One of of the two paintings of mine that have been selected to go to the moon are "Did you feel the earth move?" in the image below.
I am now officially an Astroartist - Artist on the Moon.
Look out for more in formation at artistsonthemoon.com