A satisfying morning at MSSL Space Lab creating an important piece of space art! The Fingertip Galaxy artwork plaque was laser etched on to a treated aluminium sheet that will be fixed to the ESA’s Euclid Mission spacecraft later this month. Over 250 scientists and engineers put their painted fingertips on to a giant artwork symbolising the many personal contributions to the mission and the spirit of the endeavour. Lines from a commissioned poem by Simon Barraclough are included around the artwork. I’ll be attending a press launch in Italy with Euclid science lead Tom Kitching where we’ll read the full poem. @samcharlesworthfilms recorded the process (inc putting the camera inside the laser unit!) and is creating a film about the making of the artwork and plaque. The Euclid mission will map dark matter structure and study dark energy by imaging distortions in billions of galaxies and will launch in 2023. #spaceart #euclid2020 #esa #galaxies #collaboration #artscience https://www.instagram.com/p/CbaaZJgMeks/?utm_medium=tumblr