Mission to the Moon

We are very proud to present our new site, displaying current and future missions, technical info and nice pictures. http://www.missiontothemoon.nl/

related events

Astronaut quarantine cell

2008-05-21 00:00 Europe/Amsterdam
2008-05-26 00:00 Europe/Amsterdam

Installation at the Balen festival Enschede, The Netherlands. 21-25 May 2008.

http://roombeek.nl/balenfestival/expositie/kunstenaarsinitiatieven.html

Mission to the Moon

2008-05-10 16:00 Europe/Amsterdam
2008-05-18 18:00 Europe/Amsterdam

A re-enactment of the Apollo 11 mission of 1969. Foamlab not only recycles this icon of technological confidence, but also the materials used to build it. At the exhibition 'Kunstvlaai / Art Pie International', two brave astronauts; Elias Tieleman and Johannes Sterk, can be seen jogging around in preparation for their mission. They exit the Lander accompanied by the original sound recordings from the Moon landing in '69, for general exploration of the lunar-surface, setting-up lunar camera's, collecting stone samples and planting the flag.

Astronauts in the Jeruzalem Church

2008-06-21 11:00 Europe/Amsterdam
2008-06-21 12:15 Europe/Amsterdam

On the longest day of the year two astronauts land in Amsterdam-West. They do a warm-up jog on the square before going into the Jerusalem Church where they get fitted into their suits.

According to palaeontologysts the first objects to be vererated were meteorites, and the metal in them. Later this was extended to monoliths, which were used as burial stones or judgementstones. In time this would also include stone statues, ivory or wooden statues, and long after that all kinds of religious relics and works of art. But it started apparently with astroliths.

40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moonlanding

2009-07-21 00:00 GMT+2

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon, the Foamlab astronaut team will be re-enacting this historic event at the Space Expo centre that belongs to the ESA (European Space Agency) in Noordwijk. The event possibly will be shown by live-stream video to Museum Boerhave, Lange St. Agnietenstraat 10 in Leiden, The Netherlands.

http://www.missiontothemoon.nl/

Changing Tents - Burning Ice Festival #4

2011-01-17 00:00 Europe/Brussels
2011-01-23 00:00 Europe/Brussels

Concentrations and Temporary photoElectric Digestopians - Tuesday, 18th of January 2011:
The FoAM team works on the impact of a possible disaster scenario, where getting enough nutrients requires resilient practices. During the last wars or other economically stressful situations, many governments paid scientists to come up with highly concentrated products to remedy certain nutrition deficits and to provide energy to the body.
For Burning Ice, FoAM will prepare a vegetable concentrate, in the course of an entire day. The product, rich in anti-oxydants will be