VR Show Recreates ISS With 3 Space Cameras Ahead of Station's 2030 End

3 articles · Updated · Space.com · Jul 26

Space Explorers: The ISS Experience lets visitors walk through a life-size virtual International Space Station using real footage filmed aboard the orbiting lab.
Three cameras were sent to space for the project—two inside the ISS and one outside on the Canadian robotic arm—after 1.5 to 2 years of preparation and a 3-year production.
Footage was captured across six NASA expeditions, with astronauts following daily shooting scripts and helping position the VR cameras so viewers would feel like a person inside the station.
Felix & Paul co-founder Félix Lajeunesse said astronauts embraced the project as a way to share life in orbit with families and the public; the U.S. premiere in Houston drew an emotional response from astronauts.
With the ISS currently slated for deorbit in 2030, the exhibit could become a digital time capsule for a station Lajeunesse called a symbol of international cooperation.

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