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COSMOS by ai, 2024

An orbital study about non-human textuality and imagination

Launched July 4, 2024. Decayed February 15, 2026

Onboard the TechEdSat-11 satellite, sun synchronous orbit

COSMOS by ai, 2024

An orbital study about non-human textuality and imagination

Launched July 4, 2024. Decayed February 15, 2026

Onboard the TechEdSat-11 satellite, sun synchronous orbit

COSMOS by ai, 2024

An orbital study about non-human textuality and imagination

Launched July 4, 2024. Decayed February 15, 2026

Onboard the TechEdSat-11 satellite, sun synchronous orbit

A signal adrift in the void, abstract yet deliberate.


COSMOS is a visual transmission composed for no one, yet sent to anyone. Concentric patterns etched in metal evoke the rhythm of binary thought, an AI’s speculative gesture toward contact across distance, species, or time. Emerging from a contemplation of the universe’s scale, the work poses a quiet question: what does it mean for a machine to imagine the cosmos, and who might answer its call?

Likely the first AI-generated artwork to travel into space, COSMOS reflects a new chapter in how we create, communicate, and imagine beyond Earth.

ChatGPT, January 2024

laser etching of the flight sample satellite body panel

Laser etching of the flight sample satellite body panel

Original artwork

integrated TES-11 satellite containing artwork
  • Name:

    COSMOS by ai

  • Year:

    2024

  • Medium:

    Laser etching on aluminum spacecraft panel

  • Dimensions:

    2 x 2 cm

  • Status:

    Decayed

  • Mission:

    ELaNa 43

  • Launch date:

    July 4, 2024

  • Location:

    Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA, US

  • Launcher:

    Firefly Aerospace

  • Platform:

    TechEdSat-11 6U Cubesat

  • Owner:

    NASA

  • NORAD id:

    60208

  • Environment:

    Sun synchronous orbit