For three weeks, EARTH to SPACE: Arts Breaking the Sky will fill the Center with musicians and astronauts, poets and researchers, visual artists and engineers, actors and environmentalists, architects and astronomers, dancers and scientists, filmmakers and space designers. It is our conviction that insights into the marvels of the universe can inspire action to protect our own planet, and that the arts can stimulate fresh thinking about the challenges that confront us.

For the first time in the U.S., EARTH to SPACE presents a special edition of STARMUS, a global festival of science communication and art that brings together the most brilliant minds on the planet.

The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks

Through voiceover, Tom Hanks narrates an epic experience that offers a unique new perspective on humankind’s past and future voyages to the moon.

Telling the stories of the Apollo missions in intimate detail, The Moonwalkers, co-written by Tom Hanks and Christopher Riley, also provides an insight into the impending return of crewed surface missions by going behind-the-scenes of the Artemis program, including interviews between Hanks and Artemis astronauts.

Lightroom’s powerful projection and audio technology will transform the immense space into a vehicle for a spectacular immersive voyage to our closest celestial neighbor. Projected in 360 degrees on the walls and the floor, The Moonwalkers is full of space-age wonder, perfect for families and visitors of all ages.

Films

The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks

Through voiceover, Tom Hanks narrates an immersive experience that offers a unique new perspective on humankind's past and future voyages to the moon. Projected in 360 degrees on the walls and the floor, The Moonwalkers is full of space-age wonder, perfect for families and visitors of all ages.

Exhibit

Foster + Partners: From Earth to Space and Back

Foster + Partners is a global studio for architecture, urbanism, and design, rooted in sustainability, which was founded over fifty years ago in 1967 by Norman Foster. With scale models, 3D-printed structures, and captivating films, Foster + Partners presents groundbreaking projects that explore the potential of 3D printing in the construction of lunar and Martian habitats. (UK)

Brendan Murphy: A Step Forward

Known for his visionary artworks and his monumental installations, marvel at renowned contemporary artist Brendan Murphy's awe-inspiring 22-foot BOONJI spaceman sculpture, A Step Forward, is constructed with carbon fiber and eight layers of silver-based chrome finish, weighing 3,000 lbs. (USA)

Jitish Kallat: Covering Letter (Terranum Nuncius)

Jitish Kallat's Covering Letter animates decoded sounds and images from NASA's Voyager Golden Records. Referencing Earth's interstellar message from 1977, the work is an immersive meditation on humanity's shared future and place in the universe. Kallat's works have been exhibited globally and traverse the intersections of science and historical memory. (India)

Wave: From Space to Ocean

Wave: From Space to Ocean is a world premiere immersive artwork that invites viewers to interact with data from NASA's new PACE Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem satellite through their own physical gestures. (USA)

Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrom: MADE OF STARDUST

Making its U.S. premiere, Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm's MADE OF STARDUST is an interactive audiovisual installation based on audience interaction and data sourced from scientific repositories, including NASA's IPAC archive and the James Webb and Hubble telescopes, that investigates our human connection to outer space. (Denmark)

Celestial Bodies: Earth, Moon, Mars

Gaze up at three 30-foot-high inflatable models of the Earth, the Moon, and Mars placed on the REACH Plaza and around the REACH grounds. It's an “out of this world” photo op! (Czech Republic)

Karen Nyberg: Celebrating Women in Space History

Two portraits of female astronauts by former astronaut and textile artist Karen Nyberg celebrate and honor women in space history: the first woman to travel into space (Valentina Tereshkova) and the first American female to fly into space (Sally Ride). Karen Nyberg has 30 years of experience working at NASA on human spaceflight and lived and worked on the ISS for 166 days. (USA)

The Next Giant Leap: Lunar Quilts

Ten years after launching a patchwork of stars from her place in space, astronaut Karen Nyberg called for quilters across America to create quilt blocks inspired by NASA's Artemis campaign, which aims to return humans to the Moon. The two completed “Lunar Quilts” on display feature the winning designs by individual artists and students from all 50 states. (USA)

Reiko Sudo: Fans of the Blue Planet

This installation from Japanese fiber artist Reiko Sudo and her world-renowned Tokyo textile design studio Nuno features oversized ‘ogi' folding fans surfaced with dynamic fabrics in a gradation of indigo blue hues. As resident fans of our one-and-only blue planet Earth, let's all give a friendly wave of support for environmentally conscious design. (Japan)

Anurita Chandola: Astro Anurita's Space Suits

Anurita Chandola delves into the intersection of fashion and space exploration with a focus on well-being and sustainability. On display is her highly personalized space suit designs for herself and two resident Astro kids, the inhabitants of the Martian House. (UK / India)

Family And Kids

Anurita Chandola: Astro Anurita's Space Suits

Anurita Chandola delves into the intersection of fashion and space exploration with a focus on well-being and sustainability. On display is her highly personalized space suit designs for herself and two resident Astro kids, the inhabitants of the Martian House. (UK / India)

Celestial Bodies: Earth, Moon, Mars

Gaze up at three 30-foot-high inflatable models of the Earth, the Moon, and Mars placed on the REACH Plaza and around the REACH grounds. It's an “out of this world” photo op! (Czech Republic)

The Next Giant Leap: Lunar Quilts

Ten years after launching a patchwork of stars from her place in space, astronaut Karen Nyberg called for quilters across America to create quilt blocks inspired by NASA's Artemis campaign, which aims to return humans to the Moon. The two completed "Lunar Quilts" on display feature the winning designs by individual artists and students from all 50 states. (USA)

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