Samuel Peralta

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LOVE IS LOUDER THAN MONO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYgE...

#idle #g-idle #mono

In celebration of the Polaris mission of the #LunarCodex, artist Tracey Roberts has created special 1/1 editions of her 12 pieces of synesthetic art onboard the archives, to be unveiled in a special 2-week exhibition "Fly Me to the Moon" in Melbourne, Australia at the Magnet Galleries in Docklands.

The touring exhibit of #LunarCodex artists from Poland arrives at Washington D.C.!

The #LunarCodex - a look back at 2025

Trajectory for Artemis II. Onboard the Orion spacecraft will be NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Astronaut Jeremy Hansen. Launch is estimated for NET February 6, 2026.

The #LunarCodex project is onboard, with CODEX RIGEL. Excelsior!

THE LUNAR CODEX - Status update 17-Dec-2025

THE ART SIDE OF THE MOON - the #LunarCodex documentary - is an Official Selection of the Canada Shorts Film Festival 2025, and a Finalist for Best Documentary!

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On 29-Nov-2022, on the Artemis I mission, the Orion spacecraft reached its maximum distance from Earth - 432,210 km

The #LunarCodex collection Codex Orion, on a memory card onboard, contained a poem about the Moon, archived later via other missions to the lunar surface.

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Image credit NASA

I'm holding one of the very first Cerabyte ceramic-on-glass media samples, preserving a copy of the U.S. Constitution

Cerabyte’s durable ceramic media enables unlimited data preservation and with zero maintenance, energy or media migration to retain the data.

The Art Renewal Center has the finalists in the 18th Int'l ARC Salon Competition.

> www.artrenewal.org/Salon/Finalists

816 works have been selected as finalists. I'm honored to have been one of the judges for this competition.

Final results will be posted 5-Jan-2026.

Astrobotic's Griffin Mission One - with the FLIP rover primary cargo, and carrying the Lunar Codex's Polaris archive via GLPH and MoonBox - has been delayed to its next viable launch window, no earlier than (NET) July 2026.

More details via the link -->
spaceflightnow.com/2025/10/28/a...

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My TEDx Talk on the #LunarCodex is up on the official channel!
> www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzX6...

Please share the link far and wide 🙏

TO THE MOON AND BEYOND
How to Get to the Moon in Five Easy Steps
by Dr. Samuel Peralta

#tedx #tedxtalks
#tedxspeaker
#ted #tedtalks

The #LunarCodex commissioned literary anthology SEA OF TRANQUILITY will be in the spotlight at the 30th Poets House Showcase, on Dec 13, 2025!

Astrobotic's Griffin-1 continues its progress toward delivering Astrolab’s FLIP rover, its own CubeRover, and other payloads to the Moon.

Key milestones have been propulsion and avionics integration, software simulations and payload readiness testing.

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Photo via Astrobotic Technology

MOON SHOT: THE STORY OF THE LUNAR CODEX*
by Samuel Peralta

So this is happening... I'm 8,000 words into what's planned to be an 80K-word narrative non-fiction on our shared journey from Earth, to the Moon, and beyond.

Wish me luck.

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*Just a working title 🙂

MANIFEST FOR THE MOON - the art book of selected work from the #LunarCodex - is here!

Here's the link if you haven't ordered your copy yet:

> shop.snap-collective.com/products/man...

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Proceeds support publication of new artist monographs. The Lunar Codex makes no revenues from this venture.

THE ART SIDE OF THE MOON - the #LunarCodex documentary - is an Official Selection of the 20th Annual Rocket City Short Film Festival!

The film chronicles the #LunarCodex as it pursues an ambitious quest to store the largest global collection of contemporary art on the Moon.

If you're in the area, come see #LunarCodex laureate Bernice Shaller's exhibit "Between Worlds" open this weekend through October 25!

NASA’s VIPER mission to search for water on the Moon was originally slated to launch with Astrobotic's Griffin mission, but was pulled back.

NASA has now announced its intent to award a CLPS contract to Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to potentially deliver VIPER to the Moon’s south pole in late 2027.

Top perspective of Astrobotic's Griffin lunar lander carrying Astrolab's FLIP rover.

The #LunarCodex Polaris archives, enclosed in a MoonBox/GLPH canister, will be bolted to the external structure of the Griffin lander, and should be visible from one of its cameras

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Via Astrobotic / Astrolab

The Sept 20-27 launch window opens for Canada's first commercial rocket launch.

This historic launch represents a giant leap forward for Canadian sovereignty, prosperity, and security, as well as for assured access to space.

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Image credit NordSpace

"Under the breath a wingbeat of birds"
by Sam Peralta

Acrylic on canvas, 2023
14" x 14"

See this and other works on Artsy
> www.artsy.net/artist/sam-p...

The title and the encoded line in the painting form a poetic couplet. Art inspired by Mondrian, smartphone tech, and poetry.

This is the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch vehicle

It is the platform that will carry the Astrobotic Griffin lander - and #LunarCodex cultural payloads onboard - into Earth orbit, the first milestone on its journey to the Moon

#LunarCodex #MissionSix #Polaris
#ToTheMoonAndBeyond

AOL is finally shutting down its dial-up internet service AOL’s dial-up internet is finally taking its last bow. Yes, while perhaps a dinosaur by today’s digital standards, dial-up is still around.

Yes, dial-up is still a thing. But only until Sept 30, 2025. That's when AOL is finally pulling the plug.

apnews.com/article/aol-...

The Art Renewal Center (ARC) has announced the semi-finalists to the 18th International ARC Salon!

See the list here
> www.artrenewal.org/Salon/SemiFi...

Finalists to be posted on Nov 5, and final results on Jan 5, 2026.
Congratulations to all and good luck in the finals!

"Let me ravish you as spring's love"
by Sam Peralta

Acrylic on canvas
14" x 14"

This and other works available via Artsy
> www.artsy.net/artist/sam-p...

The title and the encoded line in the painting form a poetic couplet, in a piece built on elements of neoplasticism.

Dr. Samuel Peralta holding a nickel NanoFiche disc, which can contain thousands of images of art or text, and can last a billion years on the Moon.

It is one of the key technologies used in Dr. Peralta's #LunarCodex project.

> www.lunarcodex.com

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Image credit Lance McMillan / Toronto Star