Above your head, below your feet, and in any direction you point, lurks outer space. Hundreds of spacecraft orbit our tiny planet, and a few roam around other worlds.
This galactic wayfinder indicates the positions of celestial bodies as well as some spacecraft, such as the International Space Station.
There’s a tool called Eyes (www.nasa.eyes.gov), which shows the exact location of all of our satellites, spacecrafts and rovers that are currently out in space. And as I was walking through the laboratory, something clicked when I saw all the interesting street signs that are only unique to JPL. Why not make a robotic street sign that points to spacecrafts and robots that are built by JPL engineers, on lab? Not only that, we would be able to point to other planets in our solar system and even exoplanets that are far far away. The thought of this got me excited and I started to doodle my thoughts right away.
Six Line of Sight pointers have been installed at the entrance of the new KSC’s building, Gateway, Spring of 2022.