- THE ORBITER PROGRAM - 
Pinhole photography on paper
Inkjet printing on Moab Lasal
Diptych 42x22,8cm
![a 30-foot-square mosaic composed of 127 Lunar Orbiter IV photographs of the lunar nearside, arranged on the floor of nasa Headquarters auditorium in 1968. (Photo: national aeronautics and space administration [nasa]) Taken from You Saw the W](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/569003fea976afe74a1c491e/1708296214682-LP2C0MWKS7WQOGYM4V4P/LOP_ingenieros.png)
(Ongoing)
From 1966 to 1967, NASA sent satellites to orbit the Moon to make photographies of the surface. The satellites were able to send the pictures via radio waves, and engineers on the ground printed those images on a large scale to create one of the first maps of the Moon. The mission was intended to provide information for a safety landing on the Moon for the Apollo 11 mission.
In 2023, I started creating orbiting emotional cartography of specific places with a round pinhole camera, aiming to connect with the territories and their populations and forms of life. The result, so far, has been the phaces of the particular places and their positives, marking a challenging mission of landing between realities.
*Part of this project was possible by the strong support from Zaratan Contemporary Art education program and the General Directorate for the Arts of Portugal.