Many pieces of art can be considered out of this world, but this artist’s paintings are actually out of this world.

In 2021, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket was launched with three paintings on its exterior panels as part of the Uplift Art Program. The paintings were made with materials that would survive the journey into space and return to earth. Done in his signature finger-painting style, Amoako Boafo launched a self-portrait and portraits of his mother and childhood friend, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, into space.