Astronauts who also did art
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Astronauts Who Also Did Art — Daily trivia Wednesday, May 13, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Chris Hadfield ended his ISS command with which viral artistic send-off?
- ASketching each crewmate in charcoal
- BA recorded cover of Bowie's 'Space Oddity'
- CA live orbital poetry reading
- DSculpting a miniature station from foil
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A recorded cover of Bowie's 'Space Oddity'
Hadfield's recorded cover of Bowie's 'Space Oddity', filmed aboard the station, went online on May 12, 2013, the day he handed over command, and was the first music video shot in space.
Q 02Which Apollo 12 moonwalker became an artist known for mixing moon dust into his paintings?
- ABuzz Aldrin
- BAlan Bean
- CPete Conrad
- DCharles Duke
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Alan Bean
Alan Bean quit NASA in 1981 to paint full time, and when he found his spacesuit patches dirty with Moon dust, he snipped tiny pieces of them into his canvases.
Q 03Which former NASA astronaut and aquanaut was the first person to paint with watercolors in space?
- ANicole Stott
- BCady Coleman
- CPeggy Whitson
- DMae Jemison
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Nicole Stott
Nicole Stott packed a small paint kit for ISS Expedition 21, and her aquanaut credential comes from 18 days living in the undersea Aquarius lab on NEEMO 9.
Q 04What did astronaut Karen Nyberg hand-make from scraps aboard the ISS, thought to be a first in space?
- AA felt hand puppet
- BA stuffed toy dinosaur
- CA knitted hat
- DAn origami crane
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A stuffed toy dinosaur
Karen Nyberg sewed the stuffed toy dinosaur for her son from the Velcro-like fabric lining Russian food containers, stuffed with scraps of a used T-shirt.
Q 05Which pop artist's 'Moonwalk' came out of NASA's Fine Art Program?
- ARoy Lichtenstein
- BAndy Warhol
- CClaes Oldenburg
- DJasper Johns
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Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol's 'Moonwalk' sits in the NASA program beside works by Norman Rockwell, and Paul Calle, one of its first artists, designed the 1969 Moon-landing stamp.
Q 06What did spacewalk pioneer Alexei Leonov, the first artist in space, take up to draw with?
- AColoured pencils and paper
- BFelt-tip pens
- CCharcoal sticks
- DOil pastels on card
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Coloured pencils and paper
Alexei Leonov took coloured pencils and paper on Voskhod 2 and sketched an orbital sunrise, the first work of art made in space.
Q 07Which lunar hardware textured Alan Bean's paintings?
- AA core-sample drill bit
- BThe strap of his rock-sample bag
- CThe hammer he used to plant the flagpole
- DA rung from the lunar module ladder
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The hammer he used to plant the flagpole
Alan Bean textured his paintings with the hammer he used to plant the flagpole and a bronzed Moon boot, and sprinkled in bits of the Apollo 12 spacecraft.
Q 08Which Belgian artist made 'Fallen Astronaut', the figurine Apollo 15's crew secretly left on the Moon?
- APaul Van Hoeydonck
- BPanamarenko
- CPol Bury
- DMarcel Broodthaers
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Paul Van Hoeydonck
David Scott met Paul Van Hoeydonck at a dinner party, and the crew kept the memorial secret until after the mission; the artist later tried to sell up to 950 replicas.
Q 09Which Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot also published a collection of poetry?
- AAl Worden
- BJames Irwin
- CMichael Collins
- DDavid Scott
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Al Worden
Alfred Merrill 'Al' Worden, the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 15, published a book of poetry titled 'Hello Earth: Greetings from Endeavour' after his spaceflight.
Q 10What does Canadian Artemis II astronaut Jeremy Hansen's Anishinaabe-designed mission patch reference?
- AThe constellations visible from Canada
- BFamous Canadian explorers
- CThe Teachings of the Seven Grandfathers
- DThe Canadian national animal
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The Teachings of the Seven Grandfathers
Jeremy Hansen's mission patch for Artemis II was designed by Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond and references the Teachings of the Seven Grandfathers, incorporating Indigenous wisdom into his space journey.
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