The Appeal Of The Astronaut Is Still Alive And Hipper Than Ever

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCHxiC4KClSc0Bu9IPatXC_aDQGvzzW4XYCftrDX-frbU0wFiGfe5es2z6_cjFJW9bujNPVNuoUKnuXk6w5FaE-W3xesEb3TKwcFdxz3UHNyy9CcFp-LURCuw2jelm-lrmArNDIG2dK0/s1600-h/astronauthero.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331339524724638194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCHxiC4KClSc0Bu9IPatXC_aDQGvzzW4XYCftrDX-frbU0wFiGfe5es2z6_cjFJW9bujNPVNuoUKnuXk6w5FaE-W3xesEb3TKwcFdxz3UHNyy9CcFp-LURCuw2jelm-lrmArNDIG2dK0/s400/astronauthero.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 504px; height: 336px;" /></a><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><br />Astronauts, despite the enormous change in their appeal as a career since I was a child, are still in fashion. The Millenials have never even heard of Major Tony Nelson nor have they seen The Right Stuff. And although little boys and girls may not list the profession amongst their wishful futures like they did 30 years ago, the image of the Astronaut is still in vogue as you will see in this post. Whether it's in fashion, fun, art or film, the classic Astronaut is still alive and well.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Astronauts in fashion</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Billionaire Boys Club</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-3E8Zw7hG54WO0s9pLE1eNna9WSvdlnKw8A0DU6vthYMB2exTR54wyaGI6G8F9EDKjI6Wh3brBpLnBoPsw5rmzTUih6J_Gi7MslzzXb7EC1Nm0f4yljjxBUJMu_5Lo6jQ0MzKpGOSPI/s1600-h/Picture+34.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330960332057016642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-3E8Zw7hG54WO0s9pLE1eNna9WSvdlnKw8A0DU6vthYMB2exTR54wyaGI6G8F9EDKjI6Wh3brBpLnBoPsw5rmzTUih6J_Gi7MslzzXb7EC1Nm0f4yljjxBUJMu_5Lo6jQ0MzKpGOSPI/s400/Picture+34.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 492px; height: 553px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_cvEt7KaeuY5Jp-enBNOj5IoeGzhMAJTldkb3PQY2IFpVfymtpMh7P9oy39HDzCYVQTDTEcWzFL0GX6c9NXDrX9Na0ZNwNRjWd6y53LNWuspQ2fuGn_3M9kJ34bHoweiES_q7BEM998/s1600-h/Picture+42.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330959894979875234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_cvEt7KaeuY5Jp-enBNOj5IoeGzhMAJTldkb3PQY2IFpVfymtpMh7P9oy39HDzCYVQTDTEcWzFL0GX6c9NXDrX9Na0ZNwNRjWd6y53LNWuspQ2fuGn_3M9kJ34bHoweiES_q7BEM998/s400/Picture+42.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 491px; height: 111px;" /></a><br /><br />Pharell William's <a href="http://www.bbcicecream.com/">Billionaire Boys Club</a> (his fashion label he started with with his manager Rob Walker and Japanese fashion icon Nigo in 2005) not only uses the astronaut as their logo, but applies it to tees, sweaters and even jeans. With several different iterations of the icon by different artists, the collection is loaded with astronauts; male, female, funky, retro, psychadelic, you name it. Here's just a few of their huge line adorned with astronauts:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh52ItmLxSV8aYCaD1xyKoIvA-TIr013okFsbLiZOJo91yexvKLqEdypNDhIttk2D9ttsjb5zOLRgX_kMxNM2mNGYD3zLEC0OZVM6cA-7_DZyRJtaTNw4RZQwKmofCZHMd3InsLec0ka5A/s1600-h/Picture+40.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330964539222734994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh52ItmLxSV8aYCaD1xyKoIvA-TIr013okFsbLiZOJo91yexvKLqEdypNDhIttk2D9ttsjb5zOLRgX_kMxNM2mNGYD3zLEC0OZVM6cA-7_DZyRJtaTNw4RZQwKmofCZHMd3InsLec0ka5A/s400/Picture+40.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 496px; height: 318px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dnytWDYNIV2tOA66I9IHkGF5Lpp7k3no6cmKA4Ni_KyLZI5yhVFlFtgER3i9v0cZ7psiC7-S-WHm8v4I_u-f13OcwPuaNlOqvDVpSwOWTlHnmzOATMmhllPETqe-2JdZD0jjdMk1K6Y/s1600-h/Picture+46.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330961458838022930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dnytWDYNIV2tOA66I9IHkGF5Lpp7k3no6cmKA4Ni_KyLZI5yhVFlFtgER3i9v0cZ7psiC7-S-WHm8v4I_u-f13OcwPuaNlOqvDVpSwOWTlHnmzOATMmhllPETqe-2JdZD0jjdMk1K6Y/s400/Picture+46.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 494px; height: 599px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLogPLsYORmOB6HwXSp5OpMPbZTGaSVGeFiGIuyt7Qqpad4TGb-6wmSeN4auHhCTgUHISAwQaMd5iOXLfD6N2dqPF459bDEGFMHS7qCmXKFYbY8T9l3nrAvp6PMCdJ5zRqy7UthCz_-0/s1600-h/Picture+35.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330960162760394690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLogPLsYORmOB6HwXSp5OpMPbZTGaSVGeFiGIuyt7Qqpad4TGb-6wmSeN4auHhCTgUHISAwQaMd5iOXLfD6N2dqPF459bDEGFMHS7qCmXKFYbY8T9l3nrAvp6PMCdJ5zRqy7UthCz_-0/s400/Picture+35.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 491px; height: 664px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksx9oYs7hLoQhtjzgZuDURuAYGEf80IJKizPY9XK6zoRBoj5w0QlkBnYpyPemJZBuo-eaYwbIz8P7C4wX3wofEzWTJ0aFwuD30NYpkq-9tvsCK4Nolln6GjcinyG4cvck86jcuc3yKkY/s1600-h/Picture+45.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330961595908067426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksx9oYs7hLoQhtjzgZuDURuAYGEf80IJKizPY9XK6zoRBoj5w0QlkBnYpyPemJZBuo-eaYwbIz8P7C4wX3wofEzWTJ0aFwuD30NYpkq-9tvsCK4Nolln6GjcinyG4cvck86jcuc3yKkY/s400/Picture+45.png" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 225px; height: 218px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWhzPwcrIlz5oeVj8E_rz-JzAH8KNAT2EPVKUIs6JCYntAC2CokELpN8nu6tVIVaRgfer96SfaI7SQo9GC5W7q6jci3benQ0GJFgoye3FIaip2OzXlnsHcjJwLjNe877yfimSLg-mm5SA/s1600-h/Picture+38.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330961813771099938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWhzPwcrIlz5oeVj8E_rz-JzAH8KNAT2EPVKUIs6JCYntAC2CokELpN8nu6tVIVaRgfer96SfaI7SQo9GC5W7q6jci3benQ0GJFgoye3FIaip2OzXlnsHcjJwLjNe877yfimSLg-mm5SA/s400/Picture+38.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 216px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1POn36NMruZa2UtGkOlk8QPKQtVvW7aEFtCRSeKm0EGZmOBWPo1A6dDGBOYlN883cEjcgv90ASFzinExfu-9fWk8zYEkKvJ2atwfZv7VurtS6AnGmuw1N1Iviu8vZNTVdXFUoefABVM/s1600-h/Picture+48.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330961263910602466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1POn36NMruZa2UtGkOlk8QPKQtVvW7aEFtCRSeKm0EGZmOBWPo1A6dDGBOYlN883cEjcgv90ASFzinExfu-9fWk8zYEkKvJ2atwfZv7VurtS6AnGmuw1N1Iviu8vZNTVdXFUoefABVM/s400/Picture+48.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 498px; height: 378px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0PVNaT1QCCEuhS5frjHuTt9PD3I7hCtSKwOf66qZBXen5pKfjVFMzGufcFNGlXTeLyCxijsTiihP0p05senrzXO9KTQe_DWB6T22cRXD89J3rLRxN2gOyXqpiWZuxR3ceyk_ZZ7eykY/s1600-h/Picture+43.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330959815926876098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0PVNaT1QCCEuhS5frjHuTt9PD3I7hCtSKwOf66qZBXen5pKfjVFMzGufcFNGlXTeLyCxijsTiihP0p05senrzXO9KTQe_DWB6T22cRXD89J3rLRxN2gOyXqpiWZuxR3ceyk_ZZ7eykY/s400/Picture+43.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 494px; height: 734px;" /></a><br />Japanese artist, Rockin’ Jelly Bean created the artwork for this $190.00 sweatshirt of a pin up space girl astronaut for BBC:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiL8_waBtudp26XR9vtCjwxBbEO9WxgGFYgBayhovqeoFbz4p6dtzkGkzf-EfeTkSHWkRs3P-qh5fGEoXJa7hTBoMmmLCd6ANhnQNu1nHFLKz7c5ymjSpL_sXMWx8b815SDbSAZjEFqLw/s1600-h/Picture+51.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330966333512699410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiL8_waBtudp26XR9vtCjwxBbEO9WxgGFYgBayhovqeoFbz4p6dtzkGkzf-EfeTkSHWkRs3P-qh5fGEoXJa7hTBoMmmLCd6ANhnQNu1nHFLKz7c5ymjSpL_sXMWx8b815SDbSAZjEFqLw/s400/Picture+51.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 596px;" /></a><br />To see tons more 'astronaut imagery' clothes from BBC and to purchase, <a href="http://www.bbcicecream.com/store/bbc_index.html">go here.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mark Ryden Astronaut T-shirts for Hurley.</span><br />Low brow artist and cult favorite, <a href="http://www.markryden.com/">Mark Ryden</a>, also uses the image of an astronaut in some of his artwork and now he has created men's and women's t-shirts for Hurley that uses his little astronaut from the lower right hand corner of his 2005 oil painting, Creatrix:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9Wvx1IoN164oCv0pCv61YZ6U-JrpdRB3W3V5bXX0JRAUmAvo1mLlTa2_xO1ZVv3W6SDF7ElpQzhnEPPXTZry8dIT9LvP-5ednxBcD-yuRNtbqZjRTaAvAINhnfiXpAZ7jxxMDQZmi_A/s1600-h/Picture+49.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330963981350908082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9Wvx1IoN164oCv0pCv61YZ6U-JrpdRB3W3V5bXX0JRAUmAvo1mLlTa2_xO1ZVv3W6SDF7ElpQzhnEPPXTZry8dIT9LvP-5ednxBcD-yuRNtbqZjRTaAvAINhnfiXpAZ7jxxMDQZmi_A/s400/Picture+49.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 498px; height: 498px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCV3PrZsuApRsXaIY35GZxk-tzEq0tcfPKvUqTdKHS8Uxid54B7igLUSylstrZ0XE7MForkAEf_w63vx4P29jYLK9R56IndyUNb85hjom-F6W7A872WxMybLoRtjgy6vqn_o476yo1pA/s1600-h/Picture+50.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330963904164704386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCV3PrZsuApRsXaIY35GZxk-tzEq0tcfPKvUqTdKHS8Uxid54B7igLUSylstrZ0XE7MForkAEf_w63vx4P29jYLK9R56IndyUNb85hjom-F6W7A872WxMybLoRtjgy6vqn_o476yo1pA/s400/Picture+50.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 493px; height: 738px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For men:</span><br />'The Creatrix'' by Mark Ryden; garment dyed and washed tee with woven icon loop label and soft-hand plastisol print. 30 singles ringspun cotton. (images below)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For women:</span><br />Ryden Juxtapoze Girl's Tomboy T-Shirt (in white or black)<br />Tomboy tee with enzyme wash, soft hand screenprint, and H icon clip label (images below)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3EmgovySAEfnhxwLoxRJ6M_nGz3ToqLG3shjIv6cdjSG4U1U4vISw0zTRMR7aK8uIKr_XXvghYbkY8QeENsJD-hxRxF0KCIeLBrZdcI2TluH4GcQbJ1HBRTbpSxr0Bu-SZu-tQO6KTE/s1600-h/Picture+5.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330950453196463538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3EmgovySAEfnhxwLoxRJ6M_nGz3ToqLG3shjIv6cdjSG4U1U4vISw0zTRMR7aK8uIKr_XXvghYbkY8QeENsJD-hxRxF0KCIeLBrZdcI2TluH4GcQbJ1HBRTbpSxr0Bu-SZu-tQO6KTE/s400/Picture+5.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 497px; height: 498px;" /></a><br />Available in white, men's or women's styles:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrEAI8Y_gxI3sY5FPIggKmqo0cQv6izkHO66X_hboJCVVgF3G7yl6iUuE7wuhi5joXrdcrOl5b4xr9PCLu7Apl_8lgbwVuZUhoJNOzzRuBcU1RtAuuL3Xc0Ya07XqOheD2Zdd4mUle5s/s1600-h/Picture+21.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330949385631335234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrEAI8Y_gxI3sY5FPIggKmqo0cQv6izkHO66X_hboJCVVgF3G7yl6iUuE7wuhi5joXrdcrOl5b4xr9PCLu7Apl_8lgbwVuZUhoJNOzzRuBcU1RtAuuL3Xc0Ya07XqOheD2Zdd4mUle5s/s400/Picture+21.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 247px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXF7At0MiIU_ZbJjZyE674mOUGuHznTOe1I-VUQmjSiwLDXCB-jxpbbL20ds21ilFoG8eeuwY1qQZqKgO6LDUE2M2C-UMF2Id99uxmm6pYz0bkqDC3odFuYhqwRpotFndNTqoyjrOTqyw/s1600-h/Picture+31.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330951042951491906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXF7At0MiIU_ZbJjZyE674mOUGuHznTOe1I-VUQmjSiwLDXCB-jxpbbL20ds21ilFoG8eeuwY1qQZqKgO6LDUE2M2C-UMF2Id99uxmm6pYz0bkqDC3odFuYhqwRpotFndNTqoyjrOTqyw/s400/Picture+31.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 245px;" /></a><br />And in black, with a larger image, men's or women's styles:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmNMcki5HkvMsEPlo-Nhu2UR1ZJKjG1bHX6GrIaUE1Ty_Bd2bQ6Zu0Vy5Gpd57NmIhUk8q3cvmibvnMRWNYeIWSFSWugjnWVGwPY1pyiQbdZQeky7kM_Ug1vqsCcgGS4EiJcCAoA7OR4/s1600-h/Picture+23.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330948848242173330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmNMcki5HkvMsEPlo-Nhu2UR1ZJKjG1bHX6GrIaUE1Ty_Bd2bQ6Zu0Vy5Gpd57NmIhUk8q3cvmibvnMRWNYeIWSFSWugjnWVGwPY1pyiQbdZQeky7kM_Ug1vqsCcgGS4EiJcCAoA7OR4/s400/Picture+23.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 493px; height: 493px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVu_pyO-QTJI6edH7qtCIrebWcfNB-aELpJiQo94Kki8DANi_06_CDvXlI8xsaIvwSpQr7AJYmeWwSEL3RRrsTB6bOPUyQw0hE4w8ztyz4wTC3rd7qDBBCD33MptwnwRHTsVhKcLzHdM/s1600-h/Picture+27.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330948643046596530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVu_pyO-QTJI6edH7qtCIrebWcfNB-aELpJiQo94Kki8DANi_06_CDvXlI8xsaIvwSpQr7AJYmeWwSEL3RRrsTB6bOPUyQw0hE4w8ztyz4wTC3rd7qDBBCD33MptwnwRHTsVhKcLzHdM/s400/Picture+27.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 244px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcsBLDY15_aNmcbQajEcU-tkVG682Z7SzoFYUVcYHFi_V7jIBbDgSVQ1ZHNyYg28v_KFpRwmdg_KDqhkcreN0T97hp1TBttfjBQkzt8k-lDaPPPinQK69TwhglH9kPVCgKKUl2yE4dck/s1600-h/Picture+15.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330949834906181202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcsBLDY15_aNmcbQajEcU-tkVG682Z7SzoFYUVcYHFi_V7jIBbDgSVQ1ZHNyYg28v_KFpRwmdg_KDqhkcreN0T97hp1TBttfjBQkzt8k-lDaPPPinQK69TwhglH9kPVCgKKUl2yE4dck/s400/Picture+15.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 244px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://store.hurley.com/">buy them here.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Astronaut Toys</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Doma's Astronaut Jesus</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BaRnCX9_D8KVuOPf4xXx2Wcek63zJ4CvRUPMFow3RRehUDIvmY1mgbpL8ZUuoR20M-JmHQcuUdW-dcTBSfzxyWHFs-HhrCJugDrekD47LWoNQeBRlPI7GCOpxoqFjqzu9-EH7YD_fPY/s1600-h/astronautjesus1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331009892253355154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BaRnCX9_D8KVuOPf4xXx2Wcek63zJ4CvRUPMFow3RRehUDIvmY1mgbpL8ZUuoR20M-JmHQcuUdW-dcTBSfzxyWHFs-HhrCJugDrekD47LWoNQeBRlPI7GCOpxoqFjqzu9-EH7YD_fPY/s400/astronautjesus1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 492px; height: 455px;" /></a><br />Doma's Jesus Astronaut by <a href="http://www.adfunture.com/">adfunture</a> comes in 2 full color versions or in three limited flocked versions.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpGvOFzqIRqKy7fSTmzxOq40ge9iVIhCvhZQOHhFtJVcjoJ9-tanbvcppCir6V4FH9oqWRWZgsmQhu9K-jgV5KARGR8CotDwUuSI3mqk0on85uRxQLbsB1aNubJkHLARDHshA4W0JhRk/s1600-h/flockedastrojesus.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331010964889361954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpGvOFzqIRqKy7fSTmzxOq40ge9iVIhCvhZQOHhFtJVcjoJ9-tanbvcppCir6V4FH9oqWRWZgsmQhu9K-jgV5KARGR8CotDwUuSI3mqk0on85uRxQLbsB1aNubJkHLARDHshA4W0JhRk/s400/flockedastrojesus.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 495px; height: 510px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.adfuntureworkshop.com/pro_show.php?pro_id=38">buy them here.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Unkl Unipo series</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkl28HyQ9c-VHjJjRww5FSAPXqljNisdkzEiEj-ykFwZ5kZOtCRyg_tmUTzO0MeFyQI8u07sm95d97JWDyBLUWzeNwNBzPhFtnLBY8-xdVH-7gdL5iaA9EYyCB69VT0Y5yXgqBBuoxv2w/s1600-h/unklunipos.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331014620408517426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkl28HyQ9c-VHjJjRww5FSAPXqljNisdkzEiEj-ykFwZ5kZOtCRyg_tmUTzO0MeFyQI8u07sm95d97JWDyBLUWzeNwNBzPhFtnLBY8-xdVH-7gdL5iaA9EYyCB69VT0Y5yXgqBBuoxv2w/s400/unklunipos.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 498px; height: 217px;" /></a><br />And Unkl's Unipo series of cosmo knots are sweet little vinyl figurines clad in space suits and helmet:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKKtgg_oeSA9DosWZCM0eVpnJBg-JiHEASUCtSlgc2yJHtHvnMVkZAKADrUklgtMO2chSVmJEFX3ncrPT5lV_XDqBl7Xs4x5hr-HzzFQ6d5MNT0KH8Qv2XEdN5Aay4xI_UzHctZ3Sobnk/s1600-h/Picture+39.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331013470450295394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKKtgg_oeSA9DosWZCM0eVpnJBg-JiHEASUCtSlgc2yJHtHvnMVkZAKADrUklgtMO2chSVmJEFX3ncrPT5lV_XDqBl7Xs4x5hr-HzzFQ6d5MNT0KH8Qv2XEdN5Aay4xI_UzHctZ3Sobnk/s400/Picture+39.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 392px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.unklbrand.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=UNKL&Category_Code=UNI">see them or buy them here.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Buck Rogers Colectible Figure</span><br />Introduced at Comic Con, widely anticipated and now available for pre-order is Go Hero's new Buck Rogers 1:6 action figure. A steampunk astronaut if I ever saw one:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPky7jNKYSUoOLs3-UpHP_c6iWxMxkRUM3rlMce38u79hfd-h4y4CepXXXVlzXfTjH2Yrf6DxjpuFyUH9hGUtr0OXW43j5vJTl8ayKYsKVjLoGmr95E8-yejA-6_CWF0Out5affnO4so/s1600-h/Picture+44.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331032594694779234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPky7jNKYSUoOLs3-UpHP_c6iWxMxkRUM3rlMce38u79hfd-h4y4CepXXXVlzXfTjH2Yrf6DxjpuFyUH9hGUtr0OXW43j5vJTl8ayKYsKVjLoGmr95E8-yejA-6_CWF0Out5affnO4so/s400/Picture+44.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 508px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjyTeJCntxlGiDfttkgg7euCdqTVGP2rxQh8iZh-RzYiOWsZeLEkXH26T57GbIDPPV_qB_nmfgnbZEMvkVgnexvF6SpvSsDThQs0Gvv7XKHkMrz7A_ozA1wT0zW7sqtePXVPtupTCPPM/s1600-h/preprobuck_large.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331031770189131890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjyTeJCntxlGiDfttkgg7euCdqTVGP2rxQh8iZh-RzYiOWsZeLEkXH26T57GbIDPPV_qB_nmfgnbZEMvkVgnexvF6SpvSsDThQs0Gvv7XKHkMrz7A_ozA1wT0zW7sqtePXVPtupTCPPM/s400/preprobuck_large.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 497px; height: 497px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.goheroshop.com/Shop_item.php?id=6&cat=2&sub=0#">pre-order/buy it here.</a><br /><br />Mattel has produced several <span style="font-weight: bold;">Astronaut Barbie Dolls</span>:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CUM1VDzy-AsWbHz6xjxdfAeHhhRob2ZHNFkztPF2ZlV80ulfhtYGvJMeKsIdG5IqpIbOtKBnioYeWMPLqPPLR5cIX3mcSZAJQ6OII6zla3puxwfi_Y4PiJ7ex8x-ebbbXQvQQapX00I/s1600-h/Gallery-Barbie-Astronaut--014.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331036654846682706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CUM1VDzy-AsWbHz6xjxdfAeHhhRob2ZHNFkztPF2ZlV80ulfhtYGvJMeKsIdG5IqpIbOtKBnioYeWMPLqPPLR5cIX3mcSZAJQ6OII6zla3puxwfi_Y4PiJ7ex8x-ebbbXQvQQapX00I/s400/Gallery-Barbie-Astronaut--014.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 498px; height: 328px;" /></a><br />above: Astronaut Barbie dolls, from left, 1963, 1985 and 1994, on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo by Greg Gibson/AP<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The GI Joe Mercury Astronaut</span>:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDcNJZTYOdtA1bzjcKXZXNW0AFWgigeOp9Iy-1BNrhslfnGFnlW_ugiqSjhsW2yNCAV2ld3JsZSvVajlIE6000gTfeBLjF_chY4RH7Z4XeH-8fK9QvfKLlrQsnvPv5x6mesx1NlI0M-U/s1600-h/gijoemercuryastronautlg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331036903631282946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDcNJZTYOdtA1bzjcKXZXNW0AFWgigeOp9Iy-1BNrhslfnGFnlW_ugiqSjhsW2yNCAV2ld3JsZSvVajlIE6000gTfeBLjF_chY4RH7Z4XeH-8fK9QvfKLlrQsnvPv5x6mesx1NlI0M-U/s400/gijoemercuryastronautlg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 496px; height: 726px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://www.happytoydepot.com/store/item.php?item_id=630&f_cat_id=31">buy it here.</a><br /><br />And many a dunny, munny, bearbrick and kubrick have been customized to resemble astronauts:<br /><br />bill mcmullen's astronaut dunny:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeSy-9qCJXfDHF_0Di7yEXynC9dubgmSv1PoZ62nCHo9pIDg5yMrt3nVaYcHc_uwVeW54GjIPaV1yf9i8IGATFzAhTXHBK2uZ0-2laKDsJ_eGFBnUn0y8bw6BZIzXP2tVd4VEzELdfcw/s1600-h/astrodunny.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331031471561846146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeSy-9qCJXfDHF_0Di7yEXynC9dubgmSv1PoZ62nCHo9pIDg5yMrt3nVaYcHc_uwVeW54GjIPaV1yf9i8IGATFzAhTXHBK2uZ0-2laKDsJ_eGFBnUn0y8bw6BZIzXP2tVd4VEzELdfcw/s400/astrodunny.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 498px; height: 277px;" /></a><br />bill hewitt's astronaut munny:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uUOvLCkGA-PCmCtHPSeYm7_nbKnA80cSOPQ_CuwgFltFHSHBT4dOx6PGO4mOehYENEKBldNT47phaFVj12WpQh9x393FTnLvCmFeobOGW12aiErvJUJR0zlhBOBcbRU2KpJLi0GHOfg/s1600-h/munnydiver_billhewitt.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331031284702170882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uUOvLCkGA-PCmCtHPSeYm7_nbKnA80cSOPQ_CuwgFltFHSHBT4dOx6PGO4mOehYENEKBldNT47phaFVj12WpQh9x393FTnLvCmFeobOGW12aiErvJUJR0zlhBOBcbRU2KpJLi0GHOfg/s400/munnydiver_billhewitt.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 499px; height: 673px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://mytummytoys.com/2008/06/06/trexi-phu-gyro/">custom astronaut trexi</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHxHjla8D6Rq0oVX2LY3-xRWlOzSuRaXoHyQGwrUg8NYusCP6RLJlZ5CYX51Rn196YDO9YgK3LrBUtfLtL5sBCJlG6bWh1hApotiR5q8cRzgqQVscg0_Rrq7CfRmQZAK0xS-ah3i_IZc/s1600-h/astrotrexi.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331031056926204338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHxHjla8D6Rq0oVX2LY3-xRWlOzSuRaXoHyQGwrUg8NYusCP6RLJlZ5CYX51Rn196YDO9YgK3LrBUtfLtL5sBCJlG6bWh1hApotiR5q8cRzgqQVscg0_Rrq7CfRmQZAK0xS-ah3i_IZc/s400/astrotrexi.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 498px; height: 664px;" /></a><br />custom Astronaut Munny from kidrobot:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlnnGNZwb5H1hM67uMYIWWNG-gTZzd8BvqGAPMrnFQZ4nOJRfTr6sdV-Pd6pq55vRvzeP7u3YEwgCZOZs7ySGoBSw7on9GSw4HdTvq6tHb1-ioudGLTyk2bIduND0yHcjDZ8o10g5uis/s1600-h/astronautmini.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331030883423896066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlnnGNZwb5H1hM67uMYIWWNG-gTZzd8BvqGAPMrnFQZ4nOJRfTr6sdV-Pd6pq55vRvzeP7u3YEwgCZOZs7ySGoBSw7on9GSw4HdTvq6tHb1-ioudGLTyk2bIduND0yHcjDZ8o10g5uis/s400/astronautmini.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 499px; height: 373px;" /></a><br />You can even share your bath with an <span style="font-weight: bold;">Astronaut rubber duckie</span>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ShRD0-lJ8KG4Kr3pu6UydEGi0q5-BobY6GggKdYdeUHozIt_2w1MghMitpspfErOIXukxXazkWUlznoljYy4GeEcLqinoWSSc9xYYUjTG-vsF6nh6rf9Bg3RyTqI7y8_P8yqA3S7xd8/s1600-h/Astronaut-Duckie-Space-Duck.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331038723710115442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ShRD0-lJ8KG4Kr3pu6UydEGi0q5-BobY6GggKdYdeUHozIt_2w1MghMitpspfErOIXukxXazkWUlznoljYy4GeEcLqinoWSSc9xYYUjTG-vsF6nh6rf9Bg3RyTqI7y8_P8yqA3S7xd8/s400/Astronaut-Duckie-Space-Duck.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 499px; height: 499px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.therandomshop.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=504">buy it here.</a><br />you can find astronaut teddy bears, dolls and more for sale <a href="http://www.cyberpursuits.com/space/store/toys/astronauts.asp">here</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Astronaut tech toys</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCN1fvDWIEq1QT0QZLf0J6RSHHJt5yzZhOg4uwWM7eikHY-QrjAq46Lh_V8RcxrJ_SIClQL86dPC6PTbID0gluKYSEkadD-m8y3a9EaLIZ1t-4AJma387d_eo1LkF75__izex_dFDyfDc/s1600-h/Picture+39.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331018011915142418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCN1fvDWIEq1QT0QZLf0J6RSHHJt5yzZhOg4uwWM7eikHY-QrjAq46Lh_V8RcxrJ_SIClQL86dPC6PTbID0gluKYSEkadD-m8y3a9EaLIZ1t-4AJma387d_eo1LkF75__izex_dFDyfDc/s400/Picture+39.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 495px; height: 355px;" /></a><br />There's even an <span style="font-weight: bold;">Astronaut Mimobot</span> (USB flash drive). Albeit it's a Russian Astronaut (aka Cosmonaut):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3_2oakMiH5LZAqNazlKfFrX2mnjvu5CZSjdbRZVHlP3mGusxRS_avoN6JR6iX0sVbIHyrqUCAzie-HHWXedAiKxhOc8ZuRYOtGaqgepJOvYao-DcbLoMRj72xawAVU0GXDsY8zfDmaY/s1600-h/Picture+38.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331018177297001442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3_2oakMiH5LZAqNazlKfFrX2mnjvu5CZSjdbRZVHlP3mGusxRS_avoN6JR6iX0sVbIHyrqUCAzie-HHWXedAiKxhOc8ZuRYOtGaqgepJOvYao-DcbLoMRj72xawAVU0GXDsY8zfDmaY/s400/Picture+38.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 495px; height: 483px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.mimoco.com/shop/mimobot-designer-usb-flash-drives/cosmobot-by-gutless-wonder.html">buy it here.</a><br /><br />Popular animated television series like Family Guy, the Simpsons and South Park have all had their characters as astronauts:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfP5vZhUGqHaEXVxSZSnYkbhXt5ltIkfu5cIXxoxPH5Q31pWuHvrPITULs2Ila04Cq2iPke4W7OrXxES229g8BzPczKQXCmpIvNJGurRKNw9x32s7mRmyu0SOpeTOROkzYdTThHNzetY/s1600-h/cartoonastronauts.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331335575044872002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfP5vZhUGqHaEXVxSZSnYkbhXt5ltIkfu5cIXxoxPH5Q31pWuHvrPITULs2Ila04Cq2iPke4W7OrXxES229g8BzPczKQXCmpIvNJGurRKNw9x32s7mRmyu0SOpeTOROkzYdTThHNzetY/s400/cartoonastronauts.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 505px; height: 252px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Astronauts in Contemporary Art</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scott Listfield</span><br />Moving away from fashion and into the other artful endeavors, meet <a href="http://www.astronautdinosaur.com/">Scott Listfield</a>, painter of astronauts (amongst other things):<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJY1-ScIh___n7E7aS83vkwyCPVaSUScfAzGe9HelSCQjmVvcKbs5WeuPOjXq8f9VPja_sqDAJT_B9ojZtSIt8l8BpzgL3Zhpds5R-IaqKUz9cUbph2Se1rUxGW4ycZgM_m4Gik2TE-8/s1600-h/artcokemachine.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330971537482823234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJY1-ScIh___n7E7aS83vkwyCPVaSUScfAzGe9HelSCQjmVvcKbs5WeuPOjXq8f9VPja_sqDAJT_B9ojZtSIt8l8BpzgL3Zhpds5R-IaqKUz9cUbph2Se1rUxGW4ycZgM_m4Gik2TE-8/s400/artcokemachine.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 494px; height: 682px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipe9_UfeJ266karnfLJFvj52f73SPERrmqCN8lTPGonDDRbHRLf3MwF3lOvbIVPos27LClhPH8m9I6J6N3RZBEGwYnanoPj4WRD5ws5wDd1Unfy6osHCd32noixPJ_IzE8Eqa0zpPMuNY/s1600-h/artstronger.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331001935910860850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipe9_UfeJ266karnfLJFvj52f73SPERrmqCN8lTPGonDDRbHRLf3MwF3lOvbIVPos27LClhPH8m9I6J6N3RZBEGwYnanoPj4WRD5ws5wDd1Unfy6osHCd32noixPJ_IzE8Eqa0zpPMuNY/s400/artstronger.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 491px; height: 257px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD57DIwi3PhpTggyaWmtK0O50_Ep5EomvO0rns_6iQJgxc2TygKxUgBpvmhgJyg2j3rZdWWThso-4EVOYkiXVsAtOOyxEWbJsV5QyQEdaKTVOj2goTXdK5NmHaMsKhiZjZDn9xHHdRno0/s1600-h/artlaundromat.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331001695576874466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD57DIwi3PhpTggyaWmtK0O50_Ep5EomvO0rns_6iQJgxc2TygKxUgBpvmhgJyg2j3rZdWWThso-4EVOYkiXVsAtOOyxEWbJsV5QyQEdaKTVOj2goTXdK5NmHaMsKhiZjZDn9xHHdRno0/s400/artlaundromat.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 489px; height: 382px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG1gaa3OONSUB70fwbCuvEmwW6UR6UDNajjrT3na5_iM2OhLecA-dTjPBHXC79YbJx2T2QBuexUOsk1aYXn_ivhFlonHD8jxWCT-ty2L4UrhgY7uHXBqrDPV9g-YV4FlUGTTr05YUw1Fo/s1600-h/artmensroom.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331001532165116514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG1gaa3OONSUB70fwbCuvEmwW6UR6UDNajjrT3na5_iM2OhLecA-dTjPBHXC79YbJx2T2QBuexUOsk1aYXn_ivhFlonHD8jxWCT-ty2L4UrhgY7uHXBqrDPV9g-YV4FlUGTTr05YUw1Fo/s400/artmensroom.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 486px; height: 672px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-d3xq9x4EqdUOJ-v_546u29pOcgI4_saO-YSmLX3ZuWG_PaVY6blWRYGZHkmkwj9V3Yh9yqxPimxxei_x9JLkRoWrpJabKI6ANg3Sj7C2p8KwZ-2NpIsrywP1HdqW3CpHNQI_YhyphenhyphenXQ64/s1600-h/artseated.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331002175927082498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-d3xq9x4EqdUOJ-v_546u29pOcgI4_saO-YSmLX3ZuWG_PaVY6blWRYGZHkmkwj9V3Yh9yqxPimxxei_x9JLkRoWrpJabKI6ANg3Sj7C2p8KwZ-2NpIsrywP1HdqW3CpHNQI_YhyphenhyphenXQ64/s400/artseated.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 483px; height: 311px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBgr2K3X_Z5Kpli8mlng4Xl3TtQ63z-fSR4-wfiyfmTmO5pqw5cmd7_IVKKjU1NqRvVCrOW8GxfGcXran8Re3tXa4w2lMhFLcO5jxQeKXKL7G2pZiQpeg8sCrtLKHcbBdoy2piwsIJTc/s1600-h/scottpic.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331004312275904242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBgr2K3X_Z5Kpli8mlng4Xl3TtQ63z-fSR4-wfiyfmTmO5pqw5cmd7_IVKKjU1NqRvVCrOW8GxfGcXran8Re3tXa4w2lMhFLcO5jxQeKXKL7G2pZiQpeg8sCrtLKHcbBdoy2piwsIJTc/s400/scottpic.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 406px;" /></a><br />Visit Scott's site, <a href="http://www.astronautdinosaur.com/">Astronaut Dinosaur</a> to see more of his work.<br /><br />Sculptor David Mach created this astronaut from metal coat hangers!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQYFndrStUIrDKGYyqcIOQs7rnvJmGeoYwF1KPEsDrRiZrE7oi9RM_CIPtjiDO_dRk8QffVhfGrLLwcGHA1mjkyokvpg5eD5_TXwvXbX6rkZbP7etOB8A3fWvtdX22M4m7UEFcXBYtBs/s1600-h/coathangerastrobymach.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331329865007280514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQYFndrStUIrDKGYyqcIOQs7rnvJmGeoYwF1KPEsDrRiZrE7oi9RM_CIPtjiDO_dRk8QffVhfGrLLwcGHA1mjkyokvpg5eD5_TXwvXbX6rkZbP7etOB8A3fWvtdX22M4m7UEFcXBYtBs/s400/coathangerastrobymach.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 496px; height: 779px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGLTU2qaXukTi_kOdjU87VktdhJjHhNMwASynOt3tSQk47ri4nMXx2Jr5tlDw94ZDCzFGlLgI3JvSzySH72qJrjFN6oS9mnvfdmeBDRk8GPO61UN1BRkusFYAmRNRKh0ARUTunJ0iHff0/s1600-h/1810438140_bbadaaa856.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331337440205591602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGLTU2qaXukTi_kOdjU87VktdhJjHhNMwASynOt3tSQk47ri4nMXx2Jr5tlDw94ZDCzFGlLgI3JvSzySH72qJrjFN6oS9mnvfdmeBDRk8GPO61UN1BRkusFYAmRNRKh0ARUTunJ0iHff0/s400/1810438140_bbadaaa856.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 494px; height: 647px;" /></a><br />above photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/normko/1810438140/in/pool-davidmach/">Flickr.</a><br /><a href="http://www.davidmach.com/">David Mach</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.uncp.edu/art/vanzandt/index.htm">Paul Van Zandt</a>'s modern Astronaut sculpture:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlMqdsgtDF3ErWreroPRHQIZRVWagYDSF42q0Gf2Hq6frs27FKRmlXq0-64XWZcVJ37vrKn26LzetKlk72IW2CYQpqBySjK040Uyfez4sNrPRyhYACvl0M2_cGhmZaKWscd0jTgQCnAE/s1600-h/Astronaut+Col.+McArthur+Sculpture+6+feet+tall.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331336780036796402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlMqdsgtDF3ErWreroPRHQIZRVWagYDSF42q0Gf2Hq6frs27FKRmlXq0-64XWZcVJ37vrKn26LzetKlk72IW2CYQpqBySjK040Uyfez4sNrPRyhYACvl0M2_cGhmZaKWscd0jTgQCnAE/s400/Astronaut+Col.+McArthur+Sculpture+6+feet+tall.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; width: 492px; height: 655px;" /></a><br /><br />On <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/">deviantART</a> one can see over <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=astronaut#order=9&q=astronaut">6,600 contemporary pieces of astronaut art</a><br />Here are a few of my favorites:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhd2yIF6tTFiJQLUrJlGfjBUVWx225Z06TwO53LU7NhxszuRGjTjhTY8gyOkJitKVA9vlqcqVRed1E-8SWNBbr90DMhah8H-eA-h3pVygsmv3vzmFiJrKP6wUh0XOUsdCZzvoCEcx5gM/s1600-h/Peace_Thirteen_by_jasinski.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331043121430168386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhd2yIF6tTFiJQLUrJlGfjBUVWx225Z06TwO53LU7NhxszuRGjTjhTY8gyOkJitKVA9vlqcqVRed1E-8SWNBbr90DMhah8H-eA-h3pVygsmv3vzmFiJrKP6wUh0XOUsdCZzvoCEcx5gM/s400/Peace_Thirteen_by_jasinski.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 497px; height: 497px;" /></a><br />above: Peace Thirteen by jasinski<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNos2M7Iqnmf98Vy88szWBXF35AEBFFN00uhNSTGWZN9UYyHg1mGbAA8g-hSsqqz4DkRJMD0_9zDjDLkmh2oJQBueGB9HROr6t3l-u2K9_UFpFts-xLhcGPgGbsPuYIKqxnfPJyHmcNWE/s1600-h/Astronaut_by_dante1411.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331042958751308098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNos2M7Iqnmf98Vy88szWBXF35AEBFFN00uhNSTGWZN9UYyHg1mGbAA8g-hSsqqz4DkRJMD0_9zDjDLkmh2oJQBueGB9HROr6t3l-u2K9_UFpFts-xLhcGPgGbsPuYIKqxnfPJyHmcNWE/s400/Astronaut_by_dante1411.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 493px; height: 676px;" /></a><br />above: Astronaut by dante1411<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAm1juXVORjNdO3XRxWCK3PzUaqh7DjCPp9n5XyNEi-4GPMl_iKK1iy9eT1yokhFFyHO-D127eiqJjVBdD_VyCzB1oN_USijSoBRDXwmw5ayuq5LsYmb7qlnYkksAs3usBq_9Hyht5nuk/s1600-h/Skeleton_Astronaut_by_amateur1314.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331043944975794818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAm1juXVORjNdO3XRxWCK3PzUaqh7DjCPp9n5XyNEi-4GPMl_iKK1iy9eT1yokhFFyHO-D127eiqJjVBdD_VyCzB1oN_USijSoBRDXwmw5ayuq5LsYmb7qlnYkksAs3usBq_9Hyht5nuk/s400/Skeleton_Astronaut_by_amateur1314.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 699px;" /></a><br />above: Skeleton Astronaut by amateur1314<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgParKoK5Xk84BhRQ3qPQe_cTJ6DrYw-zjdDByxWZoi12Ay0qu-cqHhFdd3LjOVjHewXwfkzY7_8H2Umh1rcga_HC4qg8Wj09X5NPdzarXHJplOQPDYDMygZjSfzVDEEiwo1CISZATdvbk/s1600-h/astronaut_by_Rul00.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331044440265471170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgParKoK5Xk84BhRQ3qPQe_cTJ6DrYw-zjdDByxWZoi12Ay0qu-cqHhFdd3LjOVjHewXwfkzY7_8H2Umh1rcga_HC4qg8Wj09X5NPdzarXHJplOQPDYDMygZjSfzVDEEiwo1CISZATdvbk/s400/astronaut_by_Rul00.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 493px; height: 657px;" /></a><br />above: Street Art Astronaut by Rul00<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Astronauts in film</span><br /><br />One of my favorite films of all time is <a href="http://www.americanastronaut.com/home.shtml">The American Astronaut</a> written, directed by and starring Cory McAbee with <a href="http://www.americanastronaut.com/band/">great music by The Billy Nayer Show</a>. We're talking 'hip' astronaut fare here, no The Right Stuff, Apollo 13 (both great movies) or The Astronaut's Wife.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.americanastronaut.com/home.shtml" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331030065410380002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xD6vaui4Gb9zaBGJFFT6__06P4oSokyQ1GGaCg8mXlnEYuXQUfLkWvB6-JNVNIF-WIQ07ryGB_Ioy5zOFnNL7Ey8YBG_YayRyY_KmXFnmZa_WcT0JgiDqLrZlLpxKmwsYwqP9t-Eubc/s400/american_astronaut.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 496px; height: 750px;" /></a><br />If you haven't seen this award winning film, you are missing out. Please rent it or better yet, buy the dvd.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYX_5LIl9jF5S-w7CFTzZcPCEOzL1NURgsw6b2sjSuQqDMa3NC_3t_4jweVko-gi1Y6DCCmqCNqtKsrD891z07WR6ljn1snprolnlfRY0Vl16NovKJoJssB5dx1eUk4QMMJEypJeUeAw/s1600-h/aaphoto02lg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331048061011579282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYX_5LIl9jF5S-w7CFTzZcPCEOzL1NURgsw6b2sjSuQqDMa3NC_3t_4jweVko-gi1Y6DCCmqCNqtKsrD891z07WR6ljn1snprolnlfRY0Vl16NovKJoJssB5dx1eUk4QMMJEypJeUeAw/s400/aaphoto02lg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 495px; height: 415px;" /></a><br /><object height="325" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fGDhJHwnOwc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fGDhJHwnOwc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="325" width="400"></embed></object>Credits for the film:<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Casting Director: Anne Goulder, Costume Design: Dawn Weisberg, Production Designer: Geoff Tuttle, Sound Design: Doug McKean, Music by Billy Nayer Show, Musical Director: Bobby Lurie Co-Producer: Michael Krantz, Director of Photography: Mott Hupfel III, Editor: Pete Beaudreau, Produced by: William Perkins, Joshua Taylor and Bobby Lurie Written & Directed by: Cory McAbee, and Developed with the assistance of the Sundance Institute</span><br /><a href="http://www.filmbaby.com/films/3781">buy the film on DVD here</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.billynayer.com/">The Billy Nayer Show</a>, in which Cory McAbee is also a member, did the music for the film:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjslAjnCU9F7LfwwFTBoMSNmFzSCQMAjiCR4sy5Tx1MAjQzQPOd80VdqX_O5fp1Jpqi_nmtimjyVmolLeZO2-os57dpXRJE6wyhPLTnB6ep9OudCpbX-6rnQTS-15yJXeXPa0wgE4ow7XQ/s1600-h/Picture+45.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331046152391818562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjslAjnCU9F7LfwwFTBoMSNmFzSCQMAjiCR4sy5Tx1MAjQzQPOd80VdqX_O5fp1Jpqi_nmtimjyVmolLeZO2-os57dpXRJE6wyhPLTnB6ep9OudCpbX-6rnQTS-15yJXeXPa0wgE4ow7XQ/s400/Picture+45.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 497px; height: 454px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqsYV1Nmix_6_wGiecRGZvYTvHlbbZfrV_bOGNpd_nfsC0YexbH8SqrF5AoSgtcJGSC00en2rGtyn9w9I5ck1GGtJZcCbWIqZCqz56sN1tKxhYOQ4QyvtO_TqWm27TDBA9rxrPkBGT00/s1600-h/americanastronautCD.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331030451702324098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqsYV1Nmix_6_wGiecRGZvYTvHlbbZfrV_bOGNpd_nfsC0YexbH8SqrF5AoSgtcJGSC00en2rGtyn9w9I5ck1GGtJZcCbWIqZCqz56sN1tKxhYOQ4QyvtO_TqWm27TDBA9rxrPkBGT00/s400/americanastronautCD.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 494px; height: 491px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.billynayer.com/detail/566/">buy the soundtrack here.</a><br /><br />So, as you can see, the Astronaut is still respectable, heroic and hip.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE: </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relive the APOLLO 11 MISSION<br /></span>now that we are celebrating the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, be sure to see this amazing site, <a href="http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/">We Choose The Moon.</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/#" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359845179862814402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wNbBNBbzHWM5Ixoap6yDNVqR6CYUtbiFiY9o_sy0-RrpQ_FkPqRbi_qNvxK11_yekoOU-a8NB0Da2xSTJPUkbOYMz8jSPEqGrku1zsli4LxYvNzBFxSZfWJRF_Yj-VaQExc_3Et3bHQX/s400/Picture+18.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 506px; height: 294px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/#" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359845458883178002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymgKelioN2-MBTGTDOYuhvhvAbkbfqoCCL1jMud9sIOopYJqZ-km4OB28ZI36sTlPgtraRdopBmuLWgMUuxilCjAEYEJ_i_r_7RaaOOj3RwGjILKU7JC6ufwsv-o7l9nvAQHvb6G5je3Q/s400/Picture+16.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 503px; height: 292px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/"></a>

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