As the hours tick away towards the launch of Axiom mission 3 (Ax-3) via a SpaceX spaceflight to the International Space Station, Axiom Space is launching an NFT auction featuring artwork inspired by the mission of a variety of notable artists.
The Auction “Space Grails”. debuts Wednesday at 6pm ET on Nifty Gateway in partnership with both Axiom Space and Web3 maker platform Transient Labs. The auction includes nine digital works of art struck as Ethereum NFTs, some of which will be accompanied by physical versions sent to space aboard Axiom Mission 3.
Makers participating in the auction include artists Amber Vittoria and Jack Kaido, photographer Dave Krugman and Art Blocks founder and CEO Erick “Snowfro” Calderon in association with Prohibition founder Jordan Lyall.
For some pieces, like Vittoria’s “Everything You Know and Care About” and Krugman’s “Eclipse,” the buyer of the NFT also receives the physical version after it returns to Earth after the mission.
Axiom Space, Transient Labs and Nifty Gateway have collaborated with 8 world-class artists to launch Space Grails, a remarkable combination of art and space exploration. pic.twitter.com/m57Hoclyex
— Axiom Space3 (@axiom_space3) January 9, 2024
“As we witness the historic Ax-3 mission, I believe the Space Grails collection will also mark a historic milestone in which eight independent artists came together to push the boundaries of art and space and unleash the limitless potential of human creativity. celebrate,” Axiom Space Head of Web3, Mina Salib, told it Declutter.
“I’m grateful that artists with such enormous appeal are so space-conscious that they are committed to the ideal of sharing their physical and digital gifts with the world,” he added. “This collection was born from a desire to celebrate human ingenuity and the creative spirit that connects us all.”
Heart + Craft #1 will launch into space next week on the Axiom #Ax3 mission 🚀
To commemorate this occasion, @ArtOnBlockchain and I are launching “Space + Craft”, three 1 of 1s, including the physical piece, handmade by Snowfro@axiom_space3 @TransientLabs @niftygateway pic.twitter.com/2gEEaVBHyV
— Jordan Lyall (@JordanLyall) January 10, 2024
Axiom Mission 3 was scheduled to launch Wednesday around the same time the auction begins, but SpaceX announced this morning that the launch will be attempted on Thursday instead. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch four international astronauts aboard the Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.
Edited by Ryan Ozawa.