Space Walk - Exhibition

Welcome to experience Aalto University's VR exhibition! At the Spacewalk exhibition, you can test computer simulations developed for space science and technology using virtual glasses. The exhibition also shows how going into space helps solve the great challenges of humanity. The exhibition is open from 12 pm until 7 pm daily.

Sustainable space tourism will soon be available to everyone when the Aalto University’s Spacewalk exhibition opens in Kuutio, Helsinki Central Library Oodi.

For more than ten years, Aalto University researchers have been carrying out computer simulations that are used in the research of space weather in the solar system and in the development of different space technologies. The simulations play a major role in utilising the observations of the BepiColombo Mercury probe and the MarsExpress Mars probe.

In Kuutio, exhibition guests can admire simulations with VR glasses. It's like a spacewalk around planets, asteroids and satellites. The controls can be used to move around and click to see additional information about the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, the northern lights or the Suomi 100 satellite. A space soundscape has also been created in the planetarium for this purpose and it highlights the special features of the solar system.

The health safety regulations are taken into account in the exhibition. The maximum number of participants at a time is 10 persons.