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'Fallen Astronaut' artist offers original idea 'Man in Space' statuettes [i]A Belgian artist who saw his creation left on the moon as a tribute to fallen astronauts has now realized his original vision for the statuette. Paul van Hoeydonck, working with the Breckner Gallery in Düsseldorf, Germany, has recreated his 1969 concept for a celebration of humanity rising into space — a small aluminum figure floating inside a piece of tinted blue acrylic. With a limited run of 1,971 signed and numbered pieces, the artwork marks the 50th anniversary of his idea, which, modified to meet NASA's requirements, became a memorial to the explorers who had given their lives in the pursuit of space exploration.[/i]
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