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    • About OpenSpaceThe project, its origins, and the institutions behind it
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    • Globe BrowsingReal planetary surfaces from spacecraft mission data
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    • Versatile Display SupportDomes, multi-projector walls, and networked sessions
    • CatalogsExoplanets, galaxy surveys, quasars, and the Digital Universe Atlas
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    • DocumentationGetting Started guide, configuration, and API details
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    • Program GuidesDownloadable scripts for planetarium and museum programs
    • InternshipsHigh school, undergraduate, and graduate internship programs built around OpenSpace
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Program guides

Resources › Program Guides

Ready-to-run scripts for presenting topic-specific programs in OpenSpace, written by planetarium and museum educators, with navigation cues and background for every stop.

Spiral galaxy rendered in OpenSpace, from the Digital Universe Atlas Grand Tour guide

The Grand Tour

An overview of the entire observable universe, from Earth and the Moon out through the Solar System, the Milky Way, and the cosmic microwave background — modeled after the tour given at the Hayden Planetarium.

Brian Patrick Abbott, Hayden Planetarium — American Museum of Natural History

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Grand Prismatic Spring viewed from above in OpenSpace, from the Astrobiology program guide

Astrobiology

The search for life in the Solar System and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) — following NASA's "follow the water" approach from extremophiles on Earth to Europa, Titan, and Enceladus.

Rachel L. Smith, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

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About
  • About OpenSpace
  • Team
  • Partners
  • Impact
  • Research
  • Branding & Licensing
Features
  • Globe Browsing
  • Mission Visualizations
  • Heliophysics
  • Display Support
  • Catalogs
Community
  • Use Cases
  • Events
  • User Meetings
  • Slack
  • Contact
  • Contribute
Resources
  • Documentation
  • Tutorials
  • Program Guides
  • Internships
  • Hub
  • Server Status
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