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IM-1 NOVA C LAUNCH

Special thanks to Dr. Samuel Peralta
Founder of the Lunar Codex

Documentary Excerpt

The Art Side of the Moon

How the Lunar Codex stores selected cultural archives on NanoFiche - Permanent Archival Technology, based on nickel, that could last, on the Moon, a billion years.

Video credit: "The Art Side of the Moon" is a production of
You & Me Pictures / Pigeon Nest / Sunny Coast Showdown

About the Painting

A landmark exhibition featured in the Neon and Polaris time capsules, Mars: An Artistic Mission, was hosted by the California Art Club (est. 1909) to commemorate the landing of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars on February 18, 2021.

The concept for the exhibition was suggested by John Callas of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, patron member of the California Art Club.

Title: Mars In Rouge
Medium: Oil on Board
Size: 5x7 inches
Artist: E.E. Jacks CAC Member 2021

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How It Happened

February 24, 2024

Presidential Statement on the Successful Landing of the Odysseus Lunar Craft

On Thursday night, for the first time in over 50 years, an American spacecraft landed on the Moon – a thrilling step forward in a new era of space exploration.


The robotic lunar lander, named Odysseus, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on February 15. On Thursday, it sent images from the Moon as it circled in low orbit, before touching down near the South Pole...

LUNAR HISTORY

The Artemis Accords

The Odysseus (including all payloads) is an Artemis Accords Heritage Site.

All artwork on Codex Nova is part of the designated heritage of humanity, to be preserved for posterity. A tenet of the Artemis Accords, currently signed by 36 countries is heritage preservation.

Under article 6, signatories have committed to preserving humanities outer space heritage - specifically sites with historic significance such as human or robotic landing sites, artifacts, spacecraft and other evidence of human activity on other celestial bodies.

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