Interstellar Navigation

Interstellar Navigation is an immersive astronomy-themed exhibition area at Grandview Natural Discovery Center in Guangzhou, China. Designed for families, children, teenagers and school groups, the project transforms astronomy education into a walkable journey from a Space Visa Center to the Moon and Mars.

The experience begins with a personal space ticket. Visitors enter as “space travelers”, receive their interstellar pass and start a mission-based route rather than a passive museum visit. This identity system gives the exhibition strong visitor engagement, social-sharing potential and repeatable operational value for a public science venue.

The exhibition combines two design goals. Commercially, it creates a highly accessible visitor journey with photo scenes, interactive stations, family participation and a clear beginning-to-end route. Educationally, it translates scientific knowledge into physical perception and multimedia interaction. Visitors compare Earth, the Moon and Mars through gravity, temperature, atmosphere, terrain and survival conditions. They can touch meteorites, observe Martian meteorites through a microscope, listen to sonified cosmic data, explore planetary sunsets and understand space weather through physical interaction.

The Moon area introduces humanity’s evolving relationship with the Moon, from ancient imagination and early observation to scientific landing and future lunar bases. Through timeline walls, immersive projection and rover displays, the Moon becomes both a scientific destination and a cultural symbol of human curiosity.

The Mars area extends the journey toward future survival beyond Earth. A Mars timeline presents how humans have gradually understood and explored the red planet. Interactive content then addresses Martian terrain, landing missions, water and oxygen production, habitat design, food systems and dust storms. The large-scale Martian dust storm installation allows visitors to step into wind, mist, light and sound, turning an extreme planetary environment into a bodily experience.

Interstellar Navigation is not only a science exhibition about space. It is a spatial experience that asks a larger question: how might humanity understand, build and live beyond Earth?