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Launch
Launch Date:
19 February 2022
Launch 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:



A tiny micro-chip (in a 3D printed 1 cubic cm cube) containing The Gathering’s album ‘How to measure a planet?’. Together with a small roll of magnetic tape with a fragment of the music and a small scroll of paper with a personal message and the formula for ‘how to measure a planet’.
A tiny micro-chip (in a 3D printed 1 cubic cm cube) containing The Gathering’s album ‘How to measure a planet?’. Together with a small roll of magnetic tape with a fragment of the music and a small scroll of paper with a personal message and the formula for ‘how to measure a planet’.
The tiny digital version of ‘How to Measure a Planet’ will bring music (sound waves) from planet earth to the moon. We think the moon needs some music! And although it cannot be played/listened to on the moon itself, due to a lack of oxygen over there, it can be carried out elsewhere. The theme of space travel (and inner travels) runs through many of the songs on the album. Something that is on the mind of many earthlings.
Credits:(c) 1998 The Gathering – Century Media Records
Dimensions:
1 x 1 x 1 cm
Medium:
microchip, 3D-print, magnetic tape, paper scroll
Genre:
How To Measure A Planet
The Gathering
Netherlands
2022
2022
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