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LunAr(t)| Putting the 'Art' in Artemis

Putting the 'Art' in Artemis

Your challenge is to create an artistic work to communicate, inform, or inspire others about humanity's road to Mars. Your art may be in any form, including (but not limited to): drawing, painting, sculpture, computer generated 2D or 3D, music, film, music video, written or spoken word, dance, and textile.

A Journey Through Time

Summary

"A Journey Through Time" shows mankind's road to Mars. Starting our journey on Earth, we see cavemen during the Stone Age, a train symbolizing the Industrial Revolution, the construction of high-rises displaying the next era of mankind, and NASA’s SLS symbolizing the era of technological advancement. Traveling to the moon, we see the beginnings of space travel with the Apollo missions and future moon bases, along with an image of an Apollo 11 astronaut collecting data. Finally, we arrive at Mars. This area shows future Mars missions with an image of NASA’s Mars rover. The stars’ glimmer serves as a reminder that our adventures will never end, and there's always something new to discover.

How We Addressed This Challenge

Team LunAr(t) designed this art piece incorporating images from NASA’s image gallery to inform the public of how far we have come since the Stone Age and the endless possibilities the Artemis III’s journey to Mars could bring us. Our art piece is important because it puts all our accomplishments into perspective and acts as an inspiration to people of all ages in that it demonstrates nothing is impossible. Although mankind’s journey to Mars is a tough one, we hope that this art piece reminds others of previous challenges we have overcome such as our journey to the moon, inspiring them to work harder and never give up on their ambitious goals.

How We Developed This Project

This art piece was developed through the inspiration we took from space travel. We wanted to represent the accomplishments and goals of mankind, along with providing a glimpse of what the future could hold. We used Autodesk Sketchbook to draw the piece, and Google Draw to incorporate the images from NASA. Problems our team had was to come up with a solid design and determine how to convey our love for space while educating others about our journey to Mars through art.

How We Used Space Agency Data in This Project

We used two images from NASA’s image gallery. The first is a picture of Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, and the second is a picture of the Curiosity rover on Mars. These pictures helped bring our rather cartoonish and fictional drawings to life. The moon image helped show that humans have indeed ventured beyond the surface of Earth, and the Mars rover shows that we are one step closer to having humans set foot on the red planet.