The Large Space Simulator (2013) limited edition print
The Large Space Simulator (2013) limited edition print
This print is of Large Space Simulator (LSS), at the test facilities of the ESA, ESTEC in the Netherlands. The LSS, the largest vacuum chamber in Europe, is used (as the name suggests) to simulate the conditions of space. And it is large: so large that whole spacecraft can fit inside it. Opened in 1986, the LSS creates a vacuum a billion times less than sea-level atmospheric pressure and chills the chamber down to the cryogenic temperatures of space. A powerful array of xenon lamps, reflected off hundreds of small mirrors, reproduces the unfiltered sunlight encountered in Earth orbit, and the piece of equipment under test is then rotated to examine how these extreme fluctuations in temperature will affect it. Tests on a piece of equipment can last for weeks at a time, as the change in temperature constantly cycles to reproduce the quick shifts in temperature caused as spacecraft move in and out of sunlight.
The print is available in the following editions:
50 x 40 cm - edition of 20 + 2 AP
Unframed - 2,200 DKK (€300)
Framed - 4,500 DKK (€600)
130 x 104 cm - edition of 10 + 1 AP
Unframed - 13,000 DKK (€1,700)
Framed - 18,000 DKK (€2,400)
FRAMED PRINTS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AT THE COPENHAGEN STUDIO OR DELIVERY IN COPENHAGEN AREA
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SPECIFICATIONS
These limited edition prints and frames are produced to the highest possible specifications. All prints are archival pigment prints on Hahnemühle paper.
Frames are made from stained oak and feature the highest quality UV resistant anti-reflection “museum glass”. This picture is framed with a dark brown “smoked oak” frame”.
Prints are accompanied by a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity that can be stuck to the back of the frame when the print is framed.
Prints take approximately two weeks to produce.
Please contact us here if you have any specific framing wishes or questions and we will be happy to discuss.
SHIPPING
All prints (excluding frame) ship worldwide. Framed prints are only available for collection at our Copenhagen Studio, or delivery in the Copenhagen area.
Insurance in transit is the purchaser’s responsibility. Receipt of payment acts as acknowledgement of this.