The artist Trevor Paglen creates a sculpture to launch into space | Life

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 – The Nevada Art Museum and artist Trevor Paglen collaborate on sculpture Orbital reflector, which will be launched into space this week aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

As explained by a dedicated website, Orbital reflector began when Paglen approached the Nevada Museum of Art's Center for Art + Environment with an idea to send art into outer space.

After three years of realization, Paglen's sculpture, coproduced and presented by the museum, will be visible from the Earth to the naked eye after its launch date scheduled for 19 November.

Paglen, the museum and the Global Western aerospace company worked together to design and manufacture the sculpture, constructed in a lightweight material similar to Mylar and housed in a small box-shaped structure called CubeSat.

Once in low Earth orbit – about 575 km (575 km) from the Earth – the CubeSat will open and release the sculpture, which will automatically inflate like a balloon.

When the sunlight is reflected on the sculpture, it is visible from the Earth to the naked eye, it appears as an artificial star moving slowly and as bright as a star of the Big Dipper.

Spaceflight Industries aerospace company is launching the sculpture aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9.

The Star Walk app (available for iOS and Android) will allow viewers to track the satellite once launched. During the launch day, the Nevada Museum of Art will also share news on Facebook Live, Twitter and Instagram.

SpaceX will begin a webcast of the launch approximately 20 minutes prior to takeoff at www.orbitalreflector.com.

More information about the project is available at www.orbitalreflector.com. – AFP-Relaxnews