NASA has shared footage showing astronauts using VR headsets to learn what it will be like aboard the Lunar Gateway space station. The Lunar Gateway will orbit the moon and be used mainly for getting ...

Astronauts are already practicing living aboard the first space station around the moon by using virtual reality. NASA's budding moon-dwellers are exploring the yet-to-be-built Lunar Gateway space ...

Last week, NASA released a new crowdsourcing competition to build out a virtual reality Mars simulator. The agency would be able to use the simulator to prepare astronauts for the various scenarios ...

The next resupply mission to the International Space Station will include a virtual reality headset for astronauts to wear in order to feel less lonely. “Astronauts are essentially isolated during ...

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Virtual reality (VR) has become a great training tool for many enterprise applications. But what if your enterprise happens to be preparing to explore Mars? "Creators can use Unreal Engine to build ...

NASA’s annual Space Apps Challenge is back for a second year in the D.C. area, and this year the theme is “earth.” Here in D.C. the organizing crew is taking this theme to new heights with a specific ...

A NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) astronaut, Jessica Meir, said that VR could help the international space agency to improve future space missions. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ...

“When they slip on their headsets, they’re not just seeing the station—they’re in it,” according to a NASA blog post. While most of us spend our time in the metaverse trading assets or bopping around ...

NASA and the ISS Astronauts also use modern technology to lend them a hand while staying in the space station, and it is with the AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality) technology. The ...

NASA has just posted a cool virtual-reality video (above) that offers viewers a close-up and immersive look at the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39B. Launch Pad 39B was first used in May 1969 for ...