{"id":11577,"date":"2015-10-13T22:14:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T02:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11577"},"modified":"2015-10-13T22:14:45","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T02:14:45","slug":"space-arts-michael-kagan-ed-belbruno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11577","title":{"rendered":"Space arts: Michael Kagan + Ed Belbruno"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned\u00a0Michael Kagan<\/a>\u00a0here a couple of years when his\u00a0astronaut painting won the\u00a0Best Art Vinyl 2013 top prize<\/a>. The BBC reports about a space mural he created for a company in California:\u00a0The Moon landings like you’ve never seen them before – BBC<\/a><\/p>\n

The vast, life-size picture covers the entire wall of a room in the former Hughes Aircraft factory where America\u2019s first lunar landers \u2013 the Surveyor spacecraft \u2013 were constructed. These\u00a0mid-60s missions<\/a> were sent ahead as robotic scouts to explore the Moon before the first crews arrived.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hughes vacated the site 20 years ago and the Surveyor factory floor has been recently occupied by tech start-up RadPad who were attracted by the building\u2019s space history and wanted a spectacular centrepiece for their new offices.<\/em><\/p>\n

See a time-lapse video of his painting of the mural in the\u00a0BBC article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“Mankind<\/a>” by Michael Kagan, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n

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I’ve also posted here<\/a> about artist, mathematician, and orbital mechanic extraordinaire Ed Belbruno. He will be having a show in New York City on October 22:\u00a0Space.com Presents: The Art of Ed Belbruno<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 22, meet Princeton University artist and mathematician \u2014 and\u00a0Space.com<\/a> columnist \u2014 Ed Belbruno<\/a> in a public showing of his art at Caf\u00e9 Minerva in Manhattan. Join Space.com<\/a> to celebrate how Belbruno’s art unlocks discoveries in space exploration, and experience the\u00a0beauty of the universe in a whole new way.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s an interview with Belbruno from 2011:<\/p>\n