Kansas City, Kansas: Big John Spaceman
30-foot-tall former Big John Grocery Clerk statue, remodeled in 2025 into a futuristic astronaut. His helmet visor is open so that people on the adjacent highway can see his happy vacuum of space face.
Atlas 9
- Address:
- 1100 N. 98th St., Kansas City, KS
- Directions:
- Atlas 9. West edge of the city, just northeast of the I-70/I-435 interchange. On the northwest corner of State Ave. and N. 98th St.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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A friendly Spaceman giant stands in front Atlas 9, an immersive art and technological complex that opened in Kansas City in September.
[Chris Johns, 09/27/2025]Nearby Offbeat Places
Mule Deer Country Museum, Kansas City, KS - < 1 mi.
Agricultural Hall of Fame: Truman's Plow, Bonner Springs, KS - 4 mi.
Moon Marble Company, Bonner Springs, KS - 6 mi.In the region:
Mural: Superman of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO - 12 mi.
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Fiberglass artist Mark Cline made the Spaceman from a Big John Grocery Clerk mold. Instead of the sign that the Spaceman holds, original Big Johns held voluminous sacks of groceries.