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Moon over Artemis II

A full moon over the Artemis II rocket at Pad 39B, photographed the morning its fuelling rehearsal ended, two months before it flew.

Full Moon over Artemis II
Full Moon over Artemis II
Full Moon over Artemis II shown in a limewash reading corner beside an armchair and a floor lamp - scale render at 30 × 40 cm
Full Moon over Artemis II shown in a graphite plaster wall at night, lit by a console lamp - scale render at 30 × 40 cm
Full Moon over Artemis II shown in a beamed room with a greige plaster wall above a long oak sideboard - scale render at 30 × 40 cm
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Material
Size (cm)
Frame
Specification
30 × 40 cm
3 mm Aluminium
No Frame
Mount Kit Included
Price
$130

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About this work
Full Moon over Artemis II

NASA finished fuelling the Artemis II rocket in the small hours of 1 February 2026, sent a team out to close out Orion, then drained the tanks again. It was a rehearsal, not a launch. Sam Lott photographed the pad as the full moon came up beside it: the white crew module, the abort spire above it, and the orange core stage running off the bottom of the frame.

The moon looks that large because the frame is a 562 mm telephoto, which is also why only the top of the rocket fits inside it. Two months later the same vehicle left this same pad, at 6:35 in the evening on 1 April 2026, and carried four people 695,081 miles, farther than anyone had travelled before.

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Materials

Metal
The edge of a Madtag aluminium print, a thin bright line, floating clear of a dark wall.

Nothing between you and the picture.

  • The surface for work that wants light.
  • Colour at full strength; blacks hold their depth.
  • Sealed under gloss: no frame, no glazing.
  • 3 mm aluminium composite, floats clear of the wall.
Arrives flat, hanging system included
Paper
A Madtag print on a sheet of matte fine art paper, curling at one corner to show its thickness.

Hahnemühle, not poster paper.

  • When you want the best.
  • Unframed, it is Hahnemühle: photographs on Photo Rag 308, 100% cotton.
  • Painterly work on German Etching 310, mould-made and textured.
  • Over 300 gsm, printed as a pigment giclée.
Arrives rolled in a Madtag tube
Framed
The corner of a Madtag print in a black wood frame, the sheet flush against the moulding behind acrylic, no mount board.

For the wall you want finished.

  • Framed and finished; no trip to a framer.
  • A different print: 200 gsm coated silk, made as one piece.
  • Black, white or natural wood moulding.
  • Acrylic glazing, no mount board: the sheet fills the frame.
Arrives flat in its frame
Canvas
A Madtag print on stretched canvas with a solid black wrapped edge.

Nothing lost around the corner.

  • Occupies the room rather than hanging flat.
  • Stretched over a 40 mm deep FSC wood frame.
  • No glazing; the weave itself takes the light.
  • The picture stops at the face; edges solid black, always.
Arrives stretched and ready to hang
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