MoonArk

MoonArk is a Moon museum made by Carnegie Mellon University[1][2][3] which is planned to go to the Moon on the upcoming Astrobotic Technologies Peregrine lunar lander.[4] It will be mounted to the main deck of the lander.

Development

MoonArk contains four Chambers:[5][6]

  • 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 Moon ark that will go to the Moon occurred June 2, 2021.

Contents

The Ark contains:[7][8][9][10]

  • The DNA of a goat
  • A vial containing the blood of 33 artists
  • Hundreds of images
  • Pieces of music
  • Poems[11]
  • 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

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 are made by MECCO. It is constructed at James Madison University.

Exhibitions

While awaiting launch both MoonArks travel around the world going to exhibitions. Some of them include:

References
  1. Strickland, Ashley (February 21, 2020). "MoonArk will be a philosophical mini-museum, left on the moon for future explorers to discover". CNN.
  2. "MoonArk | Mars New Year".
  3. Mericle, Julia (January 24, 2019). "CMU team launching first museum to be located on the moon". Pittsburgh Business Journal.
  4. "Manifest". Astrobotic.
  5. Zhorov, Irina (January 3, 2016). "An Artistic Time Capsule Prepares To Hitch A Ride To The Moon". Weekend Edition Sunday. NPR.
  6. Kloetzli, Sophie (July 20, 2019). "Quelles œuvres d'art ont été envoyées sur la Lune ?". Libération (in French).
  7. "Lunar artefact – a time capsule for the future". Room, The Space Journal.
  8. McNamara, Tom (October 8, 2019). "How to send messages 10,000 years into the future". Popular Science.
  9. Grossman, David (June 7, 2019). "Carnegie Mellon Is Sending Music, Poems, and a Shoebox with Wheels to the Moon". Popular Mechanics.
  10. 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.
  11. O'Neill, Brian (March 1, 2020). "Brian O'Neill: Poems about the moon are going to the moon". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  12. "MoonArk Exhibit Opening at Carnegie Museum of Natural History". MECCO Blog.
  13. "BWA Galeria Miejska Bydgoszcz".
  14. "MoonArk lands at Thrival Festival, Carnegie Museum on way to the moon". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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