WASHINGTON, June 8 (UPI) -- A painting by Zachary Madere of Lakewood, Colo., has been judged the best of more than 90 entries in the U.S. space agency's Lunar Art Contest.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the painting by the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design student, called "Crater Core Sample," shows an astronaut holding an icy cylinder in a darkened crater as two other astronauts look on.
The second annual Lunar Art Contest, sponsored by NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., was designed to allow students from the creative arts disciplines to become involved with and excited about the nation's space exploration program.
"The contest also enables us to see the future from very different and important perspectives," said Richard Antcliff, director of Langley's Strategic Relationships Office, which manages the art contest.
A total of 147 students from more than 70 institutions participated as teams or individuals from 25 U.S. states, France, Poland, India and Romania. A panel of 12 reviewers that included professional artists, scientists, engineers and educators evaluated the entries.
A list of winners is available at http://artcontest.cet.edu.
