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Astronaut Suicide Photos Inspired by Shuttle Program’s End

The space shuttle Atlantis completed its final flight last month, bringing pride and bittersweet nostalgia to many Americans. But what about our beloved, symbolic astronaut? What will he do now that he’s out of the hero business? Piggy-backing on the mixe

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/08/astronaut-suicide-photos-inspired-by-shuttle-programs-end/

Piggy-backing on the mixed emotions of the country about the end of NASA’s space shuttle program, photographer Neil DaCosta and art director Sara Phillips produced a darkly comic project by staging fictitious last moments of a distraught anonymous, unemployed astronaut.

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Astronaut Suicide Photos Inspired by Shuttle Program’s End

Astronaut Suicide Photos Inspired by Shuttle Program’s End