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January 21, 2024 United Nations News
How a piece of the Moon landed at UN Headquarters
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December 30, 2023 The New York Times
A 'Holopoem' for the Cosmos
The artist Eduardo Kac was at his New York gallery the other day to show a reporter his work: a hologram encoded on a sliver of glass resting inside a tiny metal case. This little package is the capstone of Kac's career to date — an artifact he created in 1986 that is now, finally, about to find its intended home in space.
December 27, 2023 The New York Times
The Beautiful Desolation of Life on Mars — On Earth
In May 1996, an autonomous resupply vehicle docked with Russia's ailing Mir space station. It carried the usual items — food, clothes, scientific equipment — along with much more cherished ones. The American astronaut Shannon Lucid received M&Ms. For the two cosmonauts, Yuri Usachev and Yuri Onufriyenko, there were perfume-scented letters offering a welcome respite from the smells of the space station, which astronauts have likened to body odor, trash and hot metal.
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