ISRO Unveils India’s First Virtual Space Museum ‘SPARK’

S.Somanath, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), unveiled the PARK’: The Space Tech Park, India’s first virtual space technology museum, as part of the AzadikaAmrit Mahotsav celebrations commemorating India’s 75th anniversary of independence.

Highlights

• SPARK is the first 3D (three-dimension) virtual space tech park ever created by ISRO.
• Users can access the beta version of the application at https://spacepark.isro.gov.in/or on the ISRO website.

About The Space Park: SPARK

• The platform’s beta version offers a virtual tour of SPARK and visitors can virtually board the Space on Wheels bus to take the tour.
• It has a museum, a theatre, an observatory, a garden with life-size rockets, a lakeside cafe area, a children’s play area, as well as several other interactions.
• With choices to zoom in and out for a 360° immersive experience, it offers the ability to access or exit the facility, which is located inside the maine museum structure.
• Visitors can explore various exhibits on ISRO’s achievements, satellites, and launch vehicles inside the virtual facility, which is located inside the main museum structure.
• Visitors can also view the documents of all the top scientists who contributed to ISRO’s success story. A movie highlighting ISRO’s missions will be screened in the theatre.
• A solar system park displays the sizes of the planets, from Mercury to Neptune, as well as the Earth’s Moon.
• This platform will be upgraded to include more “non-sensitive” digital content for use by various stakeholders.