Ad Astra - Washington, D.C.
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N 38° 53.320 W 077° 01.192
18S E 324814 N 4306361
This sculpture is located at the entrance to the Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Waymark Code: WMMZ1K
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member veritas vita
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Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

Ad Astra is a public artwork by American artist Richard Lippold. The abstract sculpture is located outside on the Jefferson Drive entrance of and in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum. The sculpture's title is Latin, meaning "to the stars."
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This abstract statue is made of gold-colored polished stainless steel. Standing at 100 feet tall, the piece consists of a "...three-planed narrow shaft ending in a pointed tip, penetrates a triple star-like cluster near its apex."...

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Lippold believed that "the characteristic art of our time deals with the conquest of space," with Ad Astra symbolizing just that.In 2009 the sculpture made an appearance in the film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian."

and the Smithsonian Art Inventory (visit link) describes it thusly:

A three-planed narrow shaft ending in a pointed tip, penetrates a triple star-like cluster near its apex. It symbolizes mankind's conquest of space."
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