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Summary
Leonardo da Vinci's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man" class="extiw" title="w:Vitruvian Man">Vitruvian Man</a>, created some 525 years ago, as a blend of art and science and a symbol of the medical profession, is depicted amongst the orbits of a variety of satellites circling the Earth at great speed. Da Vinci's drawing, based on the proportions of man as described by the Roman architect <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvius" class="extiw" title="w:Vitruvius">Vitruvius</a>, is often used as a symbol of symmetry of the human body and the universe as a whole. Almost perfect in symmetry as well, the International Space Station, with its solar wings spread out and illuminated by the first rays of dawn, is pictured as a mighty beacon arcing upwards across our night skies, the ultimate symbol of science and technology of our age. Six stars represent the six members of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_37" class="extiw" title="w:Expedition 37">Expedition 37</a> crew, which includes two cosmonauts with a medical background, as well as a native of Da Vinci's Italy.
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| current | 05:34, 12 January 2017 | | 2,588 × 2,588 (1.34 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Leonardo da Vinci's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man" class="extiw" title="w:Vitruvian Man">Vitruvian Man</a>, created some 525 years ago, as a blend of art and science and a symbol of the medical profession, is depicted amongst the orbits of a variety of satellites circling the Earth at great speed. Da Vinci's drawing, based on the proportions of man as described by the Roman architect <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvius" class="extiw" title="w:Vitruvius">Vitruvius</a>, is often used as a symbol of symmetry of the human body and the universe as a whole. Almost perfect in symmetry as well, the International Space Station, with its solar wings spread out and illuminated by the first rays of dawn, is pictured as a mighty beacon arcing upwards across our night skies, the ultimate symbol of science and technology of our age. Six stars represent the six members of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_37" class="extiw" title="w:Expedition 37">Expedition 37</a> crew, which includes two cosmonauts with a medical background, as well as a native of Da Vinci's Italy. |
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