For the first time, the International Space Station (ISS) will paint a picture with brushes on canvas in a special box, as well as record the mixing of paints and water in zero gravity, Izvestia writes .
On Wednesday, December 8, two Japanese space tourists, businessman Yusaku Maezawa and producer Yozo Hirano, will go into space on the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft. The crew will also include Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin. They are expected to spend 12 days in space, do a series of experiments and return to Earth on Monday, December 20.
According to Denis Shapiro, the manager of the Space Adventures project, Maezawa is fond of collecting paintings, so he plans to paint a picture in space. "He will have a special box, which is necessary so that the watercolor paints from the tubes do not fly away in zero gravity," the expert explained. The plot of the work is still unknown.
The second experiment is devoted to mixing paints with water. In zero gravity, water collects into balls, the Japanese will add acrylic paints there and will be able to record observations.
"The painting may have considerable value. Art is generally "on the hype" now and attracts wealthy people," suggested Georgy Altman, founder and co-owner of Altmans Gallery.
In space, paintings have already been painted before, but by other methods. For example, Alexey Leonov, who went into outer space for the first time, depicted with pencils. Space tourist Richard Garriott drew by squeezing out the paint and "grabbing" it with paper.
Prior to that, a film crew consisting of cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko shot the film "Challenge" on the ISS and returned home safely.
Aliya Sharafutdinova
