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Unsung indigenous women behind moon landing celebrated in art

Tapestry Moon Landing
Tapestry Moon Landing will be on display until the end of August at Canterbury Cathedral

More than a thousand unsung women whose circuits helped man land on the moon have inspired two Kent artists to celebrate the historic moment of 1969.

The work is based on the female Navajo weavers who were employed for their perceived dexterity to make microchips in New Mexico in the sixties, which were used by NASA in the Apollo Guidance Computer.

Moon Landing, by weaver Margo Selby and composer Helen Caddick, is a 16m (52ft) handwoven textile suspended from The Trinity Chapel of Canterbury Cathedral, accompanied by an original score for six strings.

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