{"id":5309,"date":"2013-11-15T19:48:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T19:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5309"},"modified":"2013-11-15T19:48:31","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T19:48:31","slug":"a-cosmic-dancer-on-the-mir-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5309","title":{"rendered":"A Cosmic Dancer on the Mir space station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a class=\"linkLocal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbyspace.com\/Art\/art2.html#InSpace\">Art in Space<\/a> section at HobbySpace describes various art related works and projects that were done in space or at least in weightlessness. \u00a0These include\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cosmicdancer.com\/cosmic_dancer_project_information.php\" target=\"_blank\">The Cosmic Dancer Project<\/a>\u00a0described on artist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cosmicdancer.com\/index.php\" target=\"_d\">Arthur Woods<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0site about artworks that were taken to the Mir space station in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Ths article describes some of the background to the Mir project and includes a video of the Cosmic Dancer sculpture on Mir:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/106448\/the-mir-space-station-an-unlikely-place-for-a-beautiful-art-exhibit\/\" target=\"_d\">The Mir Space Station: An Unlikely Place for a Beautiful Art Exhibit &#8211; Universe Today<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-RsBoftdVLc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Art in Space section at HobbySpace describes various art related works and projects that were done in space or at least in weightlessness. \u00a0These include\u00a0The Cosmic Dancer Project\u00a0described on artist\u00a0Arthur Woods&#8216;\u00a0site about artworks that were taken to the Mir space station in the 1990s. Ths article describes some of the background to the Mir &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5309\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Cosmic Dancer on the Mir space station<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-space","category-space-arts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1nD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13699,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13699","url_meta":{"origin":5309,"position":0},"title":"SpaceCasts: Art about space and art in space","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are three audio webcasts discussing art depicting space and art sent or made in space: **\u00a0Art That Captures the Beauty and Science of Space | The Planetary Society Marilynn Flynn, Simon Kregar and Rick Sternbach are masters of space art. 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