After a few hours of web browsing I’ve stumbled on an interesting browser game from NASA. It is a 3D game called “Station Spacewalk” where you are one of the  international space station’s astronauts who has to get outside into an open space to repair different sections of the station. There are four missions in total:

(Mission description taken from a game page)

Install the S6 Truss.

You are tasked with installing the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6). Trusses are essential to the continuation of the International Space Station because they form the backbone of the station.

 

Unfurl the S6 Solar Arrays.

The space station’s main source of energy comes from three of the four large photovoltaic arrays currently on the station, sometimes referred to as the Solar Array Wings (SAW). Can you assemble the fourth set of solar arrays to the station?

 

Ride the Robotic Arm.

There’s a tear in the solar array! Can you ride the robotic arm then use the clamps to fix the tear?

 

Retrieve Your Tools.

You have used a lot of tools to do your repair work. Now many of them are scattered in space. How many of them can you retrieve before heading back to the airlock?

 

You can either download a game to your computer or play it in the browser. If you choose the browser game you will have to install a small plug-in to be able to play it. Although there are only four missions you will have to spend quite some time to finish them. The missions are challenging and quite different from each other. What makes it even harder in addition of manoeuvring in space you have a limited air supply which limits the mission completion time. Overall it is a really fun game that gives players an experience of what do astronauts do in the open space. I’ve added the game link below and I hope you enjoy it.

 

Station Spacewalk Game

Space station