'Fallen Astronaut' - The only piece of art on the Moon

In 1971, Fallen Astronaut - a 3-inch aluminium sculpture of an astronaut in a spacesuit - was placed on the Moon by the crew of Apollo 15, along with a plaque bearing the names of eight American astronauts and six Soviet cosmonauts who died during spaceflights or training exercises

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