Paul van Hoeydonck, who created the first artwork on the Moon, died on Saturday.

A few years ago, Laurie Gwen Shapiro and I investigated the strange, twisted story that took the "Fallen Astronaut" sculpture to the Moon & sparked a scandal. Linked here:

https://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/12/sculpture_on_the_moon_paul_van_hoeydonck_s_fallen_astronaut.html #science #art #space #history