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Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪<p>Denkend aan een groot artiest die vandaag heenging, tuurde ik net nog even naar de maan. (Prachtig check it out) Daar lag een eeuwigheid exact één kunstwerk, dat van de Belg Paul Van Hoeydonck. ‘Fallen astronaut’…</p><p>(feb vorig jaar landden 125 minisculpturen van de Amerikaanse kunstenaar Jeff Koons op de maan)</p><p>Probeer zeker zijn verhaal te bekijken, er zijn prima docu’s over dit fascinerend gebeuren !<br>❤️‍🩹🌖🌙</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/paulvanhoeydonck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paulvanhoeydonck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fallenastronaut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fallenastronaut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/maan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>belgium</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/diedonthisday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diedonthisday</span></a></p>
Patrick Vanhoucke<p>Kunstenaar Paul Van <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hoeydonck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hoeydonck</span></a> uit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Antwerpen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antwerpen</span></a> is overleden. Hij werd 99 jaar. In 1971 ging zijn kunstwerk ‘Fallen astronaut’ mee naar de <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maan</span></a> met de Apollo 15. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FallenAstronaut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FallenAstronaut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apollo15" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apollo15</span></a></p><p><a href="https://vrtnws.be/p.ZWbp3a1Qx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vrtnws.be/p.ZWbp3a1Qx</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪<p>RIP ❤️‍🩹</p><p>De Belg Paul Van Hoeydonck is de enige die een kunstwerk op de maan heeft. Zijn beeldje ‘Fallen Astronaut’ werd er door de astronauten van Apollo 15 neergelegd. </p><p>8/10/1925-3/5/2025</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/paulvanhoeydonck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paulvanhoeydonck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fallenastronaut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fallenastronaut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/famousart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>famousart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/maanlanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maanlanding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/moonlanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moonlanding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/moonart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moonart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/belgianartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>belgianartist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/astronaut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronaut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/belgianart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>belgianart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/apollo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apollo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/apollo15" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apollo15</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PhilStooke</span></a></span> <br>I can't play the linked video, but here is the same (?) on YouTube:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xTGzesCsjs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=6xTGzesCsj</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p>Notable:</p><p>Throughout the video the Moon is called a planet. "Sister planet" upon liftoff there. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IAU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IAU</span></a> </p><p>The Fallen Astronaut &amp; Cosmonaut plaque and sculpture is the first art installation on the Moon:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apollo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apollo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solarocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FallenAstronaut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FallenAstronaut</span></a></p>