We use space as a design constraint that forces rigorous thinking about governance, coordination, and stewardship. Our missions demonstrate this work is real and happening now, proving that participation in shaping humanity's multiplanetary future can be global, diverse, and accessible from day one.

Lunar Mission #1

Our first lunar mission began with a bold premise: those too often left out of conversations about humanity's future should help lead them. We invited community members—most of them students from marginalized backgrounds—to contribute their creativity to the Moon, turning space into a canvas where everyone could see themselves reflected in what comes next.

Why art? Because it speaks across cultures and circumstances, igniting imagination in ways data cannot. Through a digital Lunar Community Art Gallery, we set out to spark global conversations about who gets to shape our shared future—and to show that participation isn't limited by geography, income, or background.

Partnering with nonprofits in education, poverty alleviation, refugee support, and Indigenous rights, we bridged the digital divide so participation was truly open. With the support of volunteers and aligned partners, we gathered over 30,000 artworks from 40 countries, a testament to humanity’s shared creativity.

Contracted through our partner LifeShip, the mission traveled aboard Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander and touched down in Mare Crisium — visible to the naked eye from Earth — on March 2, 2025.

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Deep Space Mission #1

After finalizing the Lunar Community Art Gallery collection, we were given an extraordinary opportunity: to send a small sample on a 30-year journey beyond our solar neighborhood. A mosaic of 25 images, along with LunARC’s vision statement, was etched onto nickel NanoFiche technology designed to endure for a billion years — a lasting record of our hopes, dreams, and aspirations. This milestone was made possible through our partnership with LifeShip and carried aboard an AstroForge probe.

Lunar Mission #2

For our second lunar mission, we sought to honor our ancestors, voyagers for millennia, and to center forms of knowledge often overlooked in conversations about what comes next. We received over 1,000 submissions from Indigenous and tribal individuals whose wisdom in collective care, stewardship, reciprocity, and living in harmony with the Earth offers essential guidance that science and technology alone cannot provide. This payload, created in partnership with LunarCodex and NanoFiche, will travel aboard Astrobotic's Griffin Lander, scheduled for launch in early 2026.