Sources & credits

The museum, its guides and the recovery decisions are fictional. The mission descriptions and quizzes draw on NASA’s historical records.

AI and synthetic media

• Google Gemini · Generated the fictional prologue film. Its poster is from the same footage.
• ElevenLabs · Generated the prologue narration.
• OpenAI Codex (ChatGPT) · Assisted with web and game development, testing, documentation and deployment.

The prologue film and still carry a visible watermark. The player identifies the synthetic narration next to its controls.

NASA and challenge resources

• NASA Space Apps Challenge · Abandoned but not Forgotten ↗
• NASA Science · Mission directory ↗
• NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive (NSSDCA) ↗
• NASA Space Apps Global Organizing Team · AI and attribution guidance ↗

Playable expeditions

• Surveyor 3
  • NASA · Surveyor 3 ↗
  • NASA · What Apollo 12 brought back ↗
• Apollo 11 Eagle
  • NASA · Apollo 11 Eagle ↗
  • NASA · Eagle lifts off ↗
• Apollo 15 Lunar Rover
  • NASA · Apollo 15 Lunar Rover ↗
  • NASA · The first lunar rover ↗
• Apollo 12 ALSEP
  • NASA · Apollo 12 ALSEP ↗
  • NASA Lunar Surface Journal · ALSEP instruments ↗
• Viking 1
  • NASA · Viking 1 ↗
• Sojourner
  • NASA · Sojourner ↗
• Opportunity
  • NASA · Opportunity ↗
  • NASA · Spirit and Opportunity ↗
• Phoenix
  • NASA · Phoenix ↗
• InSight
  • NASA · InSight ↗
• Ingenuity
  • NASA · Ingenuity ↗

Museum archive sources

Photographs, illustrations and diagrams

Scene renderings and media

The X Voyager built the spacecraft, exhibits, terrain and scene effects as interpretive 3D reconstructions. Mission records and reference images inform individual spacecraft designs. Player photographs are captures of the game scenes.

• Earth texture · NASA/GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio · Blue Marble ↗ · File used in the project
  Planet imagery used in the lunar sky.
• Moon texture · NASA/GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio · CGI Moon Kit ↗ · File used in the project
  Planet imagery in the expedition map.
• Mars texture · NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS · Mars texture maps ↗ · File used in the project
  Planet imagery in the expedition map.
• Astronaut suit · NASA / Michael D. Carbajal · Extravehicular Mobility Unit ↗ · File used in the project
  NASA’s EMU model, adapted for fictional game characters.
• Olympus Mons atlas · NASA Science · Olympus Mons and Mars geography ↗
  The X Voyager procedural visualization. NASA provides the geographic reference.
• Martian dust and atmosphere · NASA Earth Observatory · Martian dust ↗
  The X Voyager procedural effects. NASA provides the science reference.
• Cover and museum wall poster · Original artwork by The X Voyager team ↗
  Created in CorelDRAW and Adobe Photoshop.
• DFINE PR flag · DFINE PR artwork supplied to the project ↗
  Original artwork file supplied to the project.
• NASA Space Apps Challenge flag · NASA Space Apps Challenge ↗ · File used in the project
  Challenge artwork supplied to the project. The link identifies the organization.
• Project demo · The X Voyager team ↗ · File used in the project
  30-second edited demonstration of the game. The narration and portions of the video were generated using AI.
• Project demo poster · The X Voyager team ↗ · File used in the project
  Frame from the project demo.
• Prologue film · Google Gemini ↗ · File used in the project
  AI-generated fictional film with a visible watermark throughout.
• Prologue still · Google Gemini ↗ · File used in the project
  Watermarked frame from the fictional AI-generated film.
• Prologue narration · ElevenLabs ↗ · File used in the project
  Synthetic speech with the short macOS insert credited under production tools.

Production tools and platforms

• CorelDRAW · Used by The X Voyager team to create the cover and museum wall artwork.
• Adobe Photoshop · Used by The X Voyager team to create the cover and museum wall artwork.
• Apple macOS · Text-to-speech for a short insert of Diana’s name, as documented in the project archive.
• FFmpeg · Prepared media and embedded the visible watermark in the prologue video and poster.
• Three.js · Renders museum exhibits, astronaut models and the Moon and Mars scenes.
• Google Draco · Decodes the astronaut model in the browser.
• Next.js · Web framework and routes.
• React · User interface.
• TypeScript · Application source language.
• Node.js · Application runtime.
• npm · Dependency installation and build commands.
• Supabase · User accounts and progress synchronization.
• Git · Source version control.
• GitHub · Source repository and release distribution.
• PM2 · Production process management.
• NGINX · HTTPS reverse proxy.
• Hostinger VPS · Production hosting.

Platform links

• Project home and prologue
• Project demo (30 seconds)
• Museum
• Museum entry
• My Collection
• Terms
• Privacy
• Sources & credits
• Downloadable credits
• Surveyor 3
• Apollo 11 Eagle
• Apollo 15 Lunar Rover
• Apollo 12 ALSEP
• Viking 1
• Sojourner
• Opportunity
• Phoenix
• InSight
• Ingenuity