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Black Astronaut ‘Aku’ Becomes the First Piece of NFT Artwork to Travel to Space
Summary: Artist Micah Johnson, a former Major League Baseball player, created the character Aku. The character has resonated with fans and collectors since first appearing in NFT artwork in February. "It’s a form of representation that I think is palatable for kids to be able to see what’s possible in space, science, and beyond that,” Johnson ...
Artist Micah Johnson, a former Major League Baseball player, created the character Aku. The character has resonated with fans and collectors since first appearing in NFT artwork in February. "It’s a form of representation that I think is palatable for kids to be able to see what’s possible in space, science, and beyond that,” Johnson told Decrypt in an interview.
Recently, Aku has explored a new frontier: artwork of the character traveled to a server on the International Space Station (ISS), orbited the Earth, and then was returned back home. It’s billed as the first piece of NFT artwork to travel to space, and the single-edition piece will go on sale next Tuesday, August 10, via NFT marketplace Notables.
By Amy Liu
Tags: Artwork,NFT,Space
Link: Black Astronaut ‘Aku’ Becomes the First Piece of NFT Artwork to Travel to Space [Copy]
