Spinoff story

NASA Research Sends Video Game Players on a Journey to Mars

A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.

About this technology

Overview

What would it be like to build a shelter on Mars? To plant a garden or explore its lava tubes? Now anyone can experience it like never before, in an immersive virtual reality “experience” developed by Miami-based Fusion Media Group Labs. Mars 2030, available for download and free for educators, is the result of years of consultations with researchers at Langley Research Center and across NASA. Its Editor tool is also free to the public, so others can build new simulations.