{"id":133667,"date":"2021-07-22T11:51:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T15:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=133667"},"modified":"2021-07-22T11:51:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T15:51:36","slug":"cnn-a-22-foot-spaceman-sculpture-has-landed-in-antigua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cnn-a-22-foot-spaceman-sculpture-has-landed-in-antigua\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN: A 22-foot spaceman sculpture has landed in Antigua"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-561349656\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-1066234975\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"mbs ad\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><strong>CNN \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>While Billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos have embarked on their own space race this month, there\u2019s one spaceman that has found its home in the Caribbean Sea.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1201742270\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 2160w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:512\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:384\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Created by artist Brendan Murphy, the 22-foot, 3,000-pound sculpture named \u201cThe Boonji Spaceman,\u201d stands on a dock in the middle of the ocean at the Hodges Bay Resort in Antigua. Striking a Michael Jackson-inspired dance pose, the towering sculpture is emblazoned with words and mathematical equations.<\/p>\n<p>Fingerprint found on 500-year-old statue may belong to Michelangelo<\/p><div id=\"antig-112758730\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-2052901221\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 2160w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:512\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:384\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-left\">\n<div class=\"td-all-devices\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since the spaceman\u2019s arrival in March, the hotel says it has become a tourist attraction. Murphy believes the sculpture represents a willingness to take on anything.<\/p><div id=\"antig-275429191\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWho better to embody embracing the unknown than a guy jumping out of a spaceship into space?\u201d Murphy told CNN in a recent interview.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-left\">\n<div class=\"td-all-devices\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Murphy\u2019s artwork is collected by some of the most recognized faces in the world from Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic, Warren Buffett, Robert DeNiro and Ryan Gosling, according to the artist\u2019s rep.<\/p><div id=\"antig-763922463\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Often compared to artist Jeff Koons, Murphy\u2019s \u201cBoonji Spaceman\u201d series is his most recognized body of work, which he first created out of bronze in 2015. Yet that one stands only 18 inches high.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7118 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/192.169.221.188\/r7e.060.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/F2E1B5FD-1AF9-46DE-9328-7B14B90F82DE.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/192.169.221.188\/r7e.060.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/F2E1B5FD-1AF9-46DE-9328-7B14B90F82DE-218x150.jpeg 218w, https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/192.169.221.188\/r7e.060.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/F2E1B5FD-1AF9-46DE-9328-7B14B90F82DE-100x70.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/192.169.221.188\/r7e.060.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/F2E1B5FD-1AF9-46DE-9328-7B14B90F82DE-265x183.jpeg 265w\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"523\" \/><figcaption>Brendan Murphy\u2019s art has been collected by celebrities including with tennis star Serena Williams. Credit: David M. Benett\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Murphy\u2019s love of space began at an early age.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3965323447\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"CM key_WEB 1300x300_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 1301w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:69\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:237\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:178\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1301\" height=\"301\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI have very distinct memories of watching the space shuttle,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I was in grade school we would stop class and bring the TVs in and I remember thinking, \u2018What is that?&#8217;\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-1672019303\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7122 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/192.169.221.188\/r7e.060.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/C8A4652A-5EC4-4C27-8CB1-22FB475D84E7.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/192.169.221.188\/r7e.060.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/C8A4652A-5EC4-4C27-8CB1-22FB475D84E7.jpeg 270w, https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/192.169.221.188\/r7e.060.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/C8A4652A-5EC4-4C27-8CB1-22FB475D84E7-218x150.jpeg 218w, https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/192.169.221.188\/r7e.060.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/C8A4652A-5EC4-4C27-8CB1-22FB475D84E7-100x70.jpeg 100w\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"186\" \/><figcaption>Artist Brendan Murphy with Christopher Harding, the co-owner of the Hodges Bay Resort in Antigua, in front of \u201cBoonji Spaceman.\u201d Credit: Jaramay Ar\u00e9f Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>When Christopher Harding, the co-owner of the Hodges Bay Resort, commissioned Murphy to create another version of his spaceman, Murphy said he knew it had to be big, literally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to create something that you could see from space down on the island,\u201d he said. Murphy said they hired a company to take photos of the sculpture from space that they plan to release soon.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy, 50, says the sculpture, which is made of steel and carbon fiber, took 8 months to create, and there were production challenges because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7120 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/192.169.221.188\/r7e.060.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FB7D4111-DD36-4EC9-B3A0-5FA9FCEC456C.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><figcaption>The sculpture has become an attraction at Hodges Bay Resort in Antigua. Credit: Hodges Bay Resort &amp; Spa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe built it in pieces and put it together in Miami. We painted it, chromed it, sealed it and then took it back apart and put it in crates and shipped it down to Antigua,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe had to reinstall it and force it into 6 feet of concrete sitting out in the ocean \u2026 Putting it in the Caribbean was a challenge because you know the hurricanes are coming. So we built a steel skeleton inside of it made of carbon fiber.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At this museum exhibition, the security guards are the curators<\/p>\n<p>According to the Massachusetts-born artist, who once worked on Wall Street, the giant bronze astronaut is feeling very at home. Murphy recalled a humbling moment after the sculpture\u2019s installation when he was on his way back home to Miami. He overheard an airport bartender asking some passengers if they had checked out \u201cour spaceman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To hear a local take pride in the work really touched him. \u201cThat really blew me away,\u201d Murphy said. \u201c(He was) identifying with the piece and telling tourists you need to go see it \u2014 that\u2019s our spaceman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you look closely at Murphy\u2019s creation, you\u2019ll find words like \u201cfuture,\u201d \u201cwish\u201d and \u201cvision\u201d from top to bottom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really reflects what\u2019s next, what are the possibilities,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cI tried to capture that in the words. A lot about dreams, imagination. The future has not yet been written.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-1622137362\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u2013\u00a0While Billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos have embarked on their own space race this month, there\u2019s one spaceman that has found its home in the Caribbean Sea. Created by artist Brendan Murphy, the 22-foot, 3,000-pound sculpture named \u201cThe Boonji Spaceman,\u201d stands on a dock in the middle of the ocean at the Hodges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":133670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CNN: A 22-foot spaceman sculpture has landed in Antigua - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cnn-a-22-foot-spaceman-sculpture-has-landed-in-antigua\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CNN: A 22-foot spaceman sculpture has landed in Antigua\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CNN \u2013\u00a0While Billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos have embarked on their own space race this month, there\u2019s one spaceman that has found its home in the Caribbean Sea. 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