Gallery: Take a Europan Vacation With This Otherworldly Art Exhibition
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Artist Tom Sachs at the entryway to his exhibition 'Space Program: Europa' at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
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Mission control.
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Glove detail.
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Tom Sachs in front his space program's centerpiece.
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Details of the Landing Exploration Module's (LEM) audio system.
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Tom Sachs' wooden cinderblock.
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Artist Tom Sachs at his exhibition 'Space Program: Europa' at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
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Detail of NASA ceramics.
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Detail of the Landing Exploration Module (LEM).
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Tom Sachs at the control of the Landing Exploration Module (LEM).
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Detail inside the massive Landing Exploration Module (LEM).
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Astronaut bathroom.
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NASA meatball on the roof of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
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One of the many sculptures used in the Japanese tea ceremony, part of Tom Sachs' 'Space Program: Europa.'
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