Audience
Students
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Higher Education
Subject
Technology, Telescopes, Virtual Reality
Type
Interactive Multimedia, Videos
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope concluded its mission of 16+ years on Jan. 30th, 2020. In recognition of Spitzer’s scientific achievements, the “Exoplanet Excursions” VR experience includes modules describing the telescope that enabled much exoplanet research and discovery. These modules include a narrated tour of the telescope and an interactive experience where you learn to control the telescope, see how it observes the sky from its unique vantage point in space, and collect data on a selection of objects that Spitzer has observed over the years.