See “Windows on Earth” Exhibit in 5 Museums

Windows on Earth provides museum visitors with an engaging interactive experience. Using a joystick and zoom buttons, visitors explore Earth from space and along the way encounter animations and information about various locations around the world. It uses the same underlying software as this web site. For the upcoming Garriott mission on the International Space Station, we will add an array of photos of Earth taken by astronauts and audio commentary by the astronauts who took the pictures.

Museum ExhibitsVisit the Windows on Earth exhibit now at:

Smithsonian Museum

Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum

Washington, DC

Museum of Science

Boston Museum of Science Space Museum

Boston, MA


St. Louise Science Center (www.slsc.org)

St. Louis, MO


Montshire Museum of Science (www.montshire.org)

Montshire, VT


Connecticut Science Center (www.ctsciencecenter.org)

Hartford, CT

LAUNCH

Take your seat at the International Space Station window and explore the view and photographs taken from the window.

Choose one of the following missions:

  • Go Anywhere – You can select any location on the map and explore from there.
  • ISS Orbital – Start at the current ISS location
  • How to Navigate – A quick lesson on how to control the viewers.

EXTEND

Choose one of the following links to help extend your use of the Windows on Earth Website and images taken from space:

  • Garriott Mission – Learn more about his mission and compare some of the images taken by two generations of Garriotts.
  • Museum Exhibits – Locate a Windows on Earth Museum Exhibit near you.
  • Curriculum – Explore classroom lessons and resources to support using Earth images to teach Earth Science standards.
  • Animations – Investigate animations explaining different surface features you can look for from the ISS window.