SCHMID & GUZIK  have paintings in a  FINE ART GALLERY FAR, FAR AWAY… 

Their artworks are now orbiting Planet Earth every 93 minutes!

 

  On December 6, 2015, the paintings by Richard Schmid & Nancy Guzik were successfully launched aboard an Atlas V Rocket.  The experiments, along with the art, are now orbiting Earth every 93 minutes. This art/science wonder is expected to circle the earth 330 times at a speed of 17,500 mph, at an altitude of 221 miles, for a total distance traveled of 9 million miles. If the mission is extended, it could cover as many as 25 million miles!    

Shown below, the itsy-bitsy paintings being placed in the young scientist's experiments.

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“STAR GAZER”  Watercolor, 1 1/4”x1 1/4” 

by Nancy Guzik   

 
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“SANTA MARIA II”  Watercolor, 1 1/4”x1 1/4” 

by Richard Schmid     

 

NOW IN ORBIT -- thanks to Valley Christian High School, San Jose, CA.  Visit:   http://www.vcs.net

To read the full story click:   ArtandScience

You can still see the ORBITING FINE ART GALLERY in the sky!   Click:  NASA to see when the International Space Station (ISS) is visibly passing overhead in your location.