Things I learned today: There is art on the moon.
Fallen Astronautis the name of the small metal sculpture you see above, created by Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck. It was placed on the lunar surface by Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott, along with a plaque that Scott designed, to commemorate the fallen astronauts and cosmonauts whose sacrifice helped get Scott and his fellow Apollo…-atians(?) safely to the moon and back.
Of course it wasn’t without controversy. Corey S. Powell and Laurie Gwen Shapiro have the story at Slate.