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Unique Needle-felted Hubble Space Telescope 

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Unique Needle-felted Hubble Space Telescope
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Ended:Aug 24, 201110:48:12 PDT
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US $142.50 [ 14 bids ]
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Item location:Space Coast- Merritt Island, United States
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Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.Item number: 150649992647

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This is my needle felted rendition of a scene from the Hubble Servicing Mission 4, which took place in May of 2009. Specifically this wool sculpture shows the fourth Extra Vehicular Activity, or spacewalk, of that mission. This spacewalk was conducted by astronauts Mike Massimino (the first astronaut to send a tweet from space, also known as @Astro_Mike) and Mike Good, whose nickname is Bueno. One of the memorable moments of this EVA was when one of Hubble's handrails was in the way and they were unable to remove it. After much deliberation and testing on the ground, Mike Massimino was given the okay to forcibly break off the handrail- as people all over the world watched with great interest.

That scene is what I have recreated here, all made of wool. Bueno is on the left, and @Astro_Mike is on the right, clutching the infamous handrail. The entire creation is made of wool purchased on Etsy, all natural and undyed except for the tiny red & blue accents. The best way to display it is hang it from the included monofilament hanger. That way it just appears to be hanging in space :)

Note: This sculpture is not to scale or technically accurate, and was not meant to be- it is merely a simplified artistic interpretation of the scene.

This creation was a finalist in the NASA/Etsy Space Craft Competition earlier this year. You can view photos of it at the final judging event in New York City here: Space Craft Competition judging event 

I have decided to put this up for auction to help pay for my trip to Germany for the DRL-ESA Spacetweetup. Happy bidding!



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