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F O U N D E D B Y S A M U E L P E R A L T A
THE LUNAR CODEX
250,000 CULTURAL ARTIFACTS FROM OVER 40,000 ARTISTS, WRITERS, MUSICIANS AND FILMMAKERS
REPRESENTING 261 COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES AND 149 INDIGENOUS NATIONS, LAUNCHED
OVER 7 MISSIONS FROM EARTH TO SPACE, THE MOON, AND BEYOND
🗸 Codex Orion launched Nov 16, 2022 to Lunar orbit & returned to Earth Dec 11, 2022
via NASA EM-1 / Artemis I mission
🗸 Codex Peregrine launched Jan 8, 2024 to Lunar distance, Earth re-entry burn Jan 18, 2024
via NASA CLPS TO2-AB mission
🗸 Codex Nova & ILO-X Lunar Codex camera launched Feb 15, 2024 & landed on the Moon Feb 22, 2024
via NASA CLPS-TO2-IM mission
🗸 Codex Serenity launched Jan 15, 2025 to Mare Crisium, with landing targeted for Mar 1, 2025
via NASA CLPS-TO-19D mission
Codex Minerva launching to Shackleton Ridge NET Feb 27, 2025, landing NET Mar 6, 2025
via NASA CLPS-TO-PRIME-1 mission
Codex Polaris launching to Nobile Crater, Lunar South Pole region NET Nov 4, 2025
via NASA CLPS-TO-20A mission
Codex Freya launching to near-Earth object rendezvous & to deep space NET Dec 2025
via NASA CLPS-TO-CP11 mission
"A time capsule of human creativity, stored in the sky" - The New York Times
"How the Lunar Codex is aiming to change the Moon forever" - CNN
+ More about the artists on the Lunar Codex - 720+ news items indexed here
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