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Topic: Paul Van Hoeydonck, Apollo artist (1925-2025)
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Philip
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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 05-03-2025 10:22 AM
   
Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck (1925-2025) peacefully passed away this Saturday afternoon (May 3, 2025). Fallen Astronaut is a 3.5-inch (8.9 cm) aluminum sculpture created by Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck. It is a stylized figure of an astronaut in a spacesuit, intended to commemorate the astronauts and cosmonauts who have died in the advancement of space exploration. It was commissioned and placed on the moon by the crew of Apollo 15 at Hadley Rille on August 2, 1971, next to a plaque listing 14 names of those who had died up to that time. The statue lies on the ground among several footprints.  |
Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-03-2025 10:25 AM
collectSPACE Belgian artist of 'Fallen Astronaut' figurine on the moon, dies at 99A Belgian sculptor credited with the "Fallen Astronaut" figurine left on the surface of the moon in 1971 has now fallen himself. Artist Paul Van Hoeydonck died on Saturday (May 3) at his home in Wijnegem, Antwerp in Belgium according to a statement released by his family. He was 99.  |
gareth89
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posted 05-03-2025 10:45 AM
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GACspaceguy
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Kevin T. Randall
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Kite
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SpaceCadet1983
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Jeff
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mode1charlie
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MartinAir
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GT76
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india-mike
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dom
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rjb1elec
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posted 05-05-2025 09:41 AM
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Henk Boshuijer
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apolloprojeckt
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bthumble
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dss65
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cddfspace
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Gilbert
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