MoonArk is a Moon museum made by Carnegie Mellon University[1][2][3] which was launched onboard the Astrobotic Technologies Peregrine lunar lander.[4][5] It is mounted to the main deck of the lander.
Development
editMoonArk contains four Chambers:[6][7]
- Ether
- Moon
- Metasphere
- Earth
MoonArk was made in 2008.[1] There are actually twin Moon Arks – one that will go to the Moon and another that will be shown in traveling displays around the world. The final assembly of the MoonArk sent to the Moon occurred on 2 June 2021.
Contents
editThe MoonArk contains:[8][9][10][11]
- The DNA of a goat
- A vial containing the blood of 33 artists
- Hundreds of images
- Pieces of music
- Poems[12]
- River water
- Ocean water
- Gemstones
- Miniature murals, such as Moonscape, a metal mural by artist Dylan Vitone, which measures roughly 1.5 inches by 4.5 inches.
- Arctic tern DNA
- Coal
- Rock
- Hopi corn
- A fragrance sample
- A collection of tiny drawings
- Maps
Musical Score on ring frame
It is 3D printed using a 3D Systems ProX200 3D printer supplied by 3rd Dimension Industrial 3D Printing. Laser engraved murals of UNESCO World Heritage Sites and musical scores visualized through microscopic marking were made by Joshua Christley at MECCO Partners, LLC. It is constructed at James Madison University.
Exhibitions
editWhile awaiting launch, both MoonArks traveled around the world going to exhibitions. Some of them include:
- A MESSAGE TO SPACE at SUPERCOLLIDER GALLERY
- Vasarely Museum
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History[13]
- Centre Pompidou
- New Worlds Conference
- Municipal Art Gallery of Bydgoszcz[14]
- Thrival Festival[15]
References
edit- ^ a b Strickland, Ashley (February 21, 2020). "MoonArk will be a philosophical mini-museum, left on the moon for future explorers to discover". CNN.
- ^ "MoonArk | Mars New Year".
- ^ Mericle, Julia (January 24, 2019). "CMU team launching first museum to be located on the moon". Pittsburgh Business Journal.
- ^ "Manifest". Astrobotic.
- ^ Belam, Martin (2024-01-08). "Nasa Peregrine 1 launch: Vulcan Centaur rocket carrying Nasa moon lander lifts off in Florida – live updates". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ Zhorov, Irina (January 3, 2016). "An Artistic Time Capsule Prepares To Hitch A Ride To The Moon". Weekend Edition Sunday. NPR.
- ^ Kloetzli, Sophie (July 20, 2019). "Quelles œuvres d'art ont été envoyées sur la Lune ?". Libération (in French).
- ^ "Lunar artefact – a time capsule for the future". Room, The Space Journal.
- ^ McNamara, Tom (October 8, 2019). "How to send messages 10,000 years into the future". Popular Science.
- ^ Grossman, David (June 7, 2019). "Carnegie Mellon Is Sending Music, Poems, and a Shoebox with Wheels to the Moon". Popular Mechanics.
- ^ Ellis, Sarah (October 1, 2017). "How the man behind Columbia's river lasers is helping to put teeny-tiny art on the moon". The State.
- ^ O'Neill, Brian (March 1, 2020). "Brian O'Neill: Poems about the moon are going to the moon". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ "MoonArk Exhibit Opening at Carnegie Museum of Natural History". MECCO Blog.
- ^ "BWA Galeria Miejska Bydgoszcz".
- ^ "MoonArk lands at Thrival Festival, Carnegie Museum on way to the moon". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.