Rochester cathedral came to life this week with the Space Voyage event, held from Tuesday to Thursday. They launched the lights exhibition from 18:40 and it lasted several hours, on average it took each person 40 minutes to see all of the five segments.

The Space Voyage show lit the cathedral with a combination of light and sound, assembled by the duo Peter Walker and David Harper, collectively known as ‘Luxmuralis’.

Tickets sold out in seconds for the journey among the stars, projected across the walls and stain glass windows. The artist and composer duo have toured around the United Kingdom, doing a range of art shows and have even ventured to Germany and Italy.

The artist and sculptor Peter Walker spoke about his inspiration behind the space exhibition, which he said belonged in a Cathedral, considering it was classically a very ‘beautiful and artistic building’.

He said: “I wanted to make those who come along feel something and to make people ask big questions. The point of travelling around the country and the beauty of it is you get different reactions everywhere you go; everyone has a unique experience which is what art is all about.”

“I wanted this to be an experience unlike any other for each and every person, a memory they can treasure. I want them to actually feel they’re among the stars.”

The award-winning collaboration have travelled to other cathedrals, such as St Albans and Lichfield, and always sell out rapidly and receive rave reviews.

Thousands of people attended the journey into space in Rochester, one person saying “it was inspirational, I’d definitely come again.”

One mother of two said “my kids loved it! It was really educational as well.”

Another visitor at the event said: “tonight was magical.”

Space Voyage took off well, on the opening night Rochester cathedral’s priest spoke of why he reached out to Luxmuralis, to have their space show in historic Rochester.

Reverend Canon Dr Gordon Giles said: “The reason it works so well is it’s such a unique space so it hasn’t been done before. It brings the sense of community as well and it’s a safe space, so in our safe space we’re going to outer space!”

With candles being lit around the cathedral, a range of light presentations and even a model rocket, Rochester almost felt like it could take off into space any minute.