IPIX Panoramic Photo Gallery

These interactive, immersive images offer you a complete field of view, from earth to sky, floor to ceiling, horizon to horizon.

Here's how to view the images:

1. If you don't already have it, download and install the IPIX plugin.

2. Choose an image below:

Take a stroll through the station

Our interactive tour takes you on a 360° romp through several modules and nodes of the International Space Station. These panoramic images are linked to each other, allowing you to travel from space to space by clicking hot spots within the images. All photos are from the Johnson Space Center training facility.
Pick a starting point to begin:
Connecting Node 1 Habitation Module Japan Laboratory Module	Connecting Node 2 U.S. Laboratory Columbus Orbital Facility

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Inside Soyuz
The Russian Soyuz spacecraft will carry the first three-person crew to the space station. It will remain docked with the station, providing an emergency return to Earth capability for crew members. These images were captured at the Johnson Space Center training facility.

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Mission Control Center
Mission Control Center in Houston monitors space flight activity 24 hours a day during shuttle missions. The Mission Control Center's focal town is the Flight control Room, or FCR (pronounced "Ficker").

Interactive tour: Inside Mission Control

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Shuttle launch
This interactive image was shot at Banana Creek viewing site - 3 kilometers from the launch.
(November 19, 1997 -- STS-87 Columbia)

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Shuttle payload bay
A full-scale mockup of a shuttle payload bay in the training facility at Johnson Space Center.
Launch 360° view from the thrusters
Launch 360° view from the air lock

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Shuttle flight deck
The equipment panels help determine, control, and monitor the shuttle's functionality.
(From training module at Johnson Space Center, Houston)

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Shuttle Mid deck
The Mid Deck contains a bulkhead of storage lockers for equipment and supplies.
(From training module at Johnson Space Center, Houston)

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Vehicle Assembly Building
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC.

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Spacecraft tracker
The Crawler/Tracker transports spacecraft to the launch pad with a mileage of 500 gallons of diesel gas to the mile

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Explorer shuttle replica
A replica of the Explorer shuttle orbiter stands in KSC's visitor center at 122 feet in length with a wingspan of 78.1 feet.