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Falling astronauts. 14 April 2021 There is a surprising amount of art on the moon. There s a whole museum, allegedly - although it s very hard to confirm it s really up there. Who s going to check? You? Me? The Moon Museum is pretty small as museums go - it s a piece of ceramic wafer, 19 by 13mm in size. It contains tiny images from six artists, and it s attached - allegedly - to the Apollo 12 Lunar Module, Intrepid. That means it s been up there and open to visitors since November 1969. Nice museum! What about sculpture? There s some sculpture on the moon too. I first discovered the Fallen Astronaut several years back in the beautiful, mind-expanding Phaidon book, Universe: Exploring the Astronomical World. Buy this book. I am not being paid to say that. I am compelled. Universe is one of those books I would rescue from my house if it was burning - a massive thing that shuffles together images from space exploration and scientific st ....