Welcome to the Space Art Travel Bureau!
My name is Dr. Tyler Nordgren, and I’m an Artist, Author, Astronomer, and Night Sky Ambassador.
LATEST: My official poster for New York State’s eclipse effort is available for free download at I Love NY’s Eclipse Website.
My Total Solar Eclipse and “Half the Park is After Dark (TM)” posters are featured nationally. If you would like to buy one directly from me, check out my poster shop. I have 11 poster series with dozens of posters in each series.
If you are only interested in my eclipse designs, then you can also visit my partner website: eclipse merchandise.com for my current eclipse products.
Featured Poster Gallery
Click below to visit the gallery of some of my latest designs.
ARTIST
As an artist, I take commissions and work with businesses that are doing good to help promote science and the environment. My most popular style is night sky and astronomically vintage-style “travel posters” available now in the shop to the public and available for commissions.
AUTHOR
As a multi-time published Author, I’ve written several popular science publications including Sun Moon Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets, Stars Above, Earth Below: A Guide to Astronomy in the National Parks, and Night Sky: A Guide to Our Galaxy.
NIGHT SKY ASTRONOMER + AMBASSADOR
As an Astronomer and Night Sky Ambassador, I’ve worked for over a decade with the National Park Service to turn the national parks into the single largest source for public science and astronomy education. I regularly give astronomically themed events in our National Parks.
Hello, I’m Dr. Tyler Nordgren
When I’m not creating and commissioning vintage space art, I’m a professional astronomer and lecturer with a Ph.D. in Astronomy.
For over a decade, I’ve worked with the National Park Service (NPS) to turn our nation’s beautiful national parks into the single largest source for public science and astronomy education in the world. I’ve photographed our national parks at night with exquisite night sky photography, gave countless astronomical tours to the public, and advocated for us all to learn more about the astronomical wonders in the sky.
It’s my personal goal to inform and educate the public through artwork.
Through my vintage space art, I educate and inspire the public about the wonders of the universe. My most popular space art campaign has been "See the Milky Way" for the NPS with the popular slogan, Half the Park is After Dark(TM), and it has become the unofficial motto of the NPS night sky program.
My vintage art style is inspired by the educational 1930s posters created by the WPA and CCC. I use this medium to educate people about space, conservation & light pollution—and to strike an emotional chord precisely the same way it was used way back in the day.