Astronaut Scott Kelly posed with an Irish artist’s work IN SPACE

Great work.

By DailyEdge.ie Friday 11 Mar 2016, 8:39 AM

Mar 11th 2016, 8:39 AM 12,005 Views 12 Comments

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TWO WEEKS AGO, Irish artist Jack Conway-Kenny posted this brilliant portrait of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly in his space gear.

He showed us the process from beginning

My latest undertaking of the legend, and out of this world (lel) astronaut @stationcdrkelly! Currently in orbit around the Earth on the @iss with his year in space coming to an end this year! 😌 #art #artist #artoftheday #drawing #sketch #pencil #redditgetsdrawn #picture #painting #realism #young_artists_help #followme #artwork #creative #illustration #life #irishfitfam #misc #aware #myart #portrait #ink #tattoo #artforsale #mural #follow #scottkelly #yearinspace #nasa #rspace

A post shared by Jack (@artlinebling) on Feb 18, 2016 at 12:41pm PST

Progress update of the @stationcdrkelly piece, less than a week and a half before he gets his feet back on solid ground! Heading away till tmrw but brought this and have been doodling on the train! :) #art #artist #artoftheday #drawing #sketch #pencil #redditgetsdrawn #picture #painting #realism #young_artists_help #followme #artwork #creative #illustration #life #irishfitfam #misc #aware #myart #portrait #ink #tattoo #artforsale #mural #follow #scottkelly #yearinspace #nasa #rspace

A post shared by Jack (@artlinebling) on Feb 22, 2016 at 2:50am PST

To end

Finished piece of @stationcdrkelly! 😃 Congratulations, only a few days to go! 🚀 #art #artist #artoftheday #drawing #sketch #pencil #spacestation #picture #painting #realism #young_artists_help #followme #artwork #creative #illustration #life #irishfitfam #misc #aware #myart #portrait #iss #tattoo #artforsale #mural #follow #scottkelly #yearinspace #nasa #rspace

A post shared by Jack (@artlinebling) on Feb 24, 2016 at 7:17am PST

Kelly has since been brought back down to earth, but on Wednesday night he posted a photo of himself in space holding none other than Jack’s brilliant sketch.

Great drawing @artlinebling! Your sketch of @marcogrob's photograph of me made it aboard the @iss. #exploration #art #drawing #space #spacestation #iss #exploration #dreambig

A post shared by Scott Kelly (@stationcdrkelly) on Mar 9, 2016 at 8:01pm PST

Jack was only delighted with the surprise, writing:

Amazing news to wake up to, thanks a million @stationcdrkelly for the shoutout, glad you liked it!

Your art in space… does it get much better than that?

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Astronaut Scott Kelly posed with an Irish artist’s work IN SPACE