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Jeff Koons sends his space balls to the Moon.

Attention President Skroob, Moon Phases — an art project from the maker of shiny balloon animals, comprised of 125 miniature Moon sculptures within a transparent cube — is headed to the Moon as a payload aboard Intuitive Machines Nova-C “Odysseus” lander, which was launched by SpaceX this morning.

The lunar surface will become the new home immortalizing Koons’ piece if Odysseus successfully lands on February 22nd.

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