via Wikimedia CommonsScience & Tech / NewsScience & Tech / NewsCalling all non-billionaires: you can explore space virtuallyTour the International Space Station and float around the universe from the comfort of your own home!ShareLink copied ✔️September 1, 2021September 1, 2021Text Felicity Martin If you had a scheduling conflict that meant you couldn’t ride on Jeff Bezos’ penis rocket, fear not. The space tourism industry is currently taking off, with recent examples being Virgin Galactic’s $450k-per-seat option, and Space Perspective’s $125k offering (which includes company away days and weddings). If you don’t have that sort of money to burn, though, there’s a new and completely free way to explore space. An upcoming series from TIME called Space Explorers: The ISS Experience, is giving us normies a close-up of what it’s like to visit the International Space Station. The project, which is in collaboration with NASA, is an immersive VR production using custom-built cameras designed to operate in zero-gravity. With over 200 hours of filmed footage from the astronauts capturing their lives in space, the series gives audiences an inside look into a faraway perspective of Earth. The series will feature real-life astronauts including David Saint-Jacques, Anne McClain, Nick Hague, Christina H. Koch, Jessica U. Meir, Luca Parmitano, Hazza Al Mansouri, and Andrew “Drew” Morgan, who are all currently stationed on the ISS, giving an insight into their daily lives. The third and fourth episode of Space Explorers takes viewers on an immersive experience on what it’s like to float around in space. The episodes are set to drop later this year and will be available as a fully immersive VR experience on the Oculus Store to use on headsets and mobiles, and will be screened in select domes and planetariums. Elsewhere in recent space news, astronomers discovered a new class of water-covered exoplanets that could be hosting life, scientists found that Saturn has a ‘fuzzy’, jiggly core, NASA is testing a 3D moon dust printer that could build roads and homes on the Moon, and – good news! – Asteroid Bennu is more likely to crash into Earth than previously thought. Watch the trailer for Space Explorers: The ISS Experience: Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.Trending10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaManaging to (mostly) slip under the radar of Instagram’s notorious censorship rules, these are the flesh-baring accounts you need to followBeauty NothingMusicNothing launches ‘Club Nothing’ nightlife series with a global fund NothingEventWhat Went Down at Club Nothing in New YorkMusicWhy everyone hates the FIFA World Cup halftime showEscentric MoleculesBeautyJoin Dazed and Escentric Molecules for a night of scent and self-expressionArt & PhotographyIntimate and serene photographs of women, nude in their bedroomsDazed LeagueThe heart and soul of LA’s exploding street soccer sceneFashionOpenAI is the latest tech giant threatening us with bad clothesFilm & TVRosebush Pruning, an eat-the-rich satire that makes Saltburn look tameEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy