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Launch

Launch Date:

19 February 2022

Launch Mission:

NG-17 Cygnus resupply mission

Launch Operator:

Northrop Grumman

Rocket:

Antares 230+

Launch Vehicle:

Cygnus SS Piers Sellers

Launch Location:

Wallops Island, VA, USA

2022-015B

COSPAR id:

In Space

Host:

International Space Station

Type:

Space Station

Operator:

Multinational

Location:

Low Earth Orbit, Non-Polar Inclined

COSPAR id:

1998-067A

Return

Return Date:

11 January 2023

Return Mission:

CRS-26

Return Vehicle:

Cargo Dragon

Landing Location:

Gulf of Mexico

COSPAR id:

2022-159A

Updated:

8/7/24

status:

Returned

Mission Profile

Partners:

Daniel Michalik

Astronomer, Computer scientist, Explorer

Artist(s)

Collection

This artwork is part of a collection:

Moon Gallery

2022

We are producing a miniature glass vial to be part of the moon gallery. It will be filled with air from the clean air sample. We will share our best air with the Moon and future generations that might set foot on it again.

Concept: Humanity is reaching for space. What kind of future do we want to bring with us? The dirt and dust, the wars and blood, the tsunamis and radiation? I propose to bring only the best we can muster: the cleanest air on Earth. A perfect first puzzle piece for a civilization that dreams of one day living on other planets. Method: On August 13, 2017 I took an air sample at the Geographic South Pole, Antarctica. It was obtained in the clean air sector of Amundsen-Scott South Pole station, about 500 meters upwind from the main station building.The clean air sector aims to reduce any influence from the station onto air quality measurements. Vehicle traffic is prohibited and pedestrian movements are limited to a minimum. The prevailing winds at the South Pole are typically from the clean air sector, meaning they bring air that has travelled thousands of kilometres over pristine unpolluted terrain. It is considered the cleanest air on Earth. We are producing a miniature glass vial to be part of the moon gallery. It will be filled with air from the clean air sample. We will share our best air with the Moon and future generations that might set foot on it again.
Dimensions:

1 x 1 x 1 cm

Medium:

Glass vial, clean air sample

Genre:

Cleanest Air on Earth

Daniel Michalik

Germany

2022

Cleanest Air on Earth

2022

Returned
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