Journey To Mars (2025) Sold

“JOURNEY TO MARS” 60 x 120

Now a permanent feature in the main lobby of a brand new Hilton Garden Inn opening in just a few weeks located in Cape Canaveral, right across from Space Force launch sites. We literally watched a Falcon 9 Rocket launch carrying satellites into space for Amazon as we approached early this morning. This launch just so happened to mark the 100th SpaceX mission of 2025.

After months of connecting logistical dots from Asheville, North Carolina to Tampa, Florida, this 50 square foot recycled computer key mosaic took 300 hours and 11,139 keys to complete.

SPACE COAST COMPUTER KEY MOSAIC Title: Journey To Mars Created by Artist Doug Powell 

Website: DougPowellArt.com 

Oviedo, Florida 

June, 2025 

Made with 11,139 keys from up cycled computer keyboards 

Took 300 hours to complete 

Uses both original and dyed key caps for color. 

Mounted in a 2” x 2” welded aluminum frame, powder-coated wrinkle black 

Mosaic dimensions: 60” H x 120” W 

Weight: 95 lbs 

While serving in the US Navy, Doug witnessed the second launch of Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-2) from Orlando Naval Training Center on November 12, 1981, while studying surface ship navigation. “I want the viewer to ponder the infinite, profound combination of thoughts, ideas, and inspirations that have passed through this ‘intellectual porthole’—all made possible with the common computer key.” —Doug Powell 

Florida’s Role in Space Exploration Florida has been a launchpad for American space efforts for decades. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), established in the early 1960s, was home to the Apollo missions and the Space Shuttle era, making the Space Coast a focal point of innovation. 

In 2014, SpaceX leased the historic Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, ushering in a new era of private-public space collaboration. Their presence has revitalized the region—boosting the economy, creating jobs, and inspiring science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs across local communities. 

Florida continues to be at the forefront of space exploration, with a legacy shaped by NASA and propelled into the future by SpaceX.

There is an extensive word search spelled out with the keys hidden throughout the artwork.

“Occupy Mars.” 

 Elon Musk 

“The goal is to make humanity a multi planetary species.” 

 Elon Musk 

“I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.” 

 Elon Musk 

“Mars is the steppingstone to the stars.” 

 Author unknown 

“The Red Planet is calling.” 

 Author unknown

 “One Starship a day keeps extinction away.” 

 Elon Musk 

“We’re going to Mars because it’s there and we can.” 

 Elon Musk 

“The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.” 

 Carl Sagan 

“Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.” 

 Frank Borman (Commander Apollo 8) 

“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.” 

 Carl Sagan 

“The stars are the destination, and the journey is the reward.” 

 John Glenn

 “Every generation must climb its own mountain: ours is the ascent into space.” 

 Buzz Aldrin 

“We stand at the edge of infinity, and it is our privilege to step forward.” Kathryn Sullivan 

“Beyond the horizon of our world lies the horizon of all worlds and we are called to cross it.” 

 Wernher von Braun 

“The stars don’t look bigger, but they do look brighter.” 

 Sally Ride – First American woman in space. 

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” 

 Neil Armstrong