Gallery: Take a Europan Vacation With This Otherworldly Art Exhibition

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    Artist Tom Sachs at the entryway to his exhibition 'Space Program: Europa' at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
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    Mission control.
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    Glove detail.
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    Tom Sachs in front his space program's centerpiece.
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    Details of the Landing Exploration Module's (LEM) audio system.
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    Tom Sachs' wooden cinderblock.
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    Artist Tom Sachs at his exhibition 'Space Program: Europa' at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
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    Detail of NASA ceramics.
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    Detail of the Landing Exploration Module (LEM).
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    Tom Sachs at the control of the Landing Exploration Module (LEM).
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    Detail inside the massive Landing Exploration Module (LEM).
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    Astronaut bathroom.
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    NASA meatball on the roof of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
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    One of the many sculptures used in the Japanese tea ceremony, part of Tom Sachs' 'Space Program: Europa.'
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    A view of the NASA meatball on the roof of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
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