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Our mission is to inspire people of all ages to learn about humanity's journey beyond Earth.
About the Museum
The International Spaceflight Museum is a virtual world museum dedicated to the wonder and science of space travel. It is operated by ISMuseum, a Texas non-profit corporation and a US 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit under the US IRS tax code. The ISM does not have any real-world brick-and-mortar location.
The ISM has publicly accessible locations on two virtual-world grids:
Exhibits
From its beginnings, the goal of the ISM has been to create full-scale, accurate 3D models of spacecraft and supporting objects, such as models of planets and other astronomical objects, to educate people about the scale and complexity of space-exploration-related objects. Also, we strive to make interactive displays that show physical principles and other information relevant to astronomy, space exploration, and related technologies and phenomena.
Our collection, which is always growing, includes models of rockets from many spacefaring nations and private organizations, space probes, telescopes, satellites, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, stars, and galaxies. Whenever practical, we also offer background information about these objects using a variety of methods in order to make our museum an interesting and educational destination, as well as a visually exciting and pleasant place to visit.
Current and Recurrent Events
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Tea and Rockets
Every Thursday at 3pm SLT
Join us for conversations about anything space-related.
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Moon Base Game Night
On hold
Join us at the igloo habitat on the ISM Moon Base Shackleton for game night! We can teach you if you don't know how to play.
Upcoming Events
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VWBPE
Mar 14 at noon SLT
The ISM is providing an immersive exhibit for the VWBPE, featuring Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket. You can visit the work-in-progress site, even before the scheduled date/time. But *do* come back for the full experience.
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SL Sci-Fi Con 2026
May 29 to Jun 9
SL Sci-Fi Con comes back to Second Life with the theme "Sci-Fi Through the Eras". All proceeds go to the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
And the ISM hopes to be there.
For details, join the SL Sci-Fi Con group.
To be notified of upcoming events, join the Spaceflight Museum Happenings group.
Activities
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ISM Dating Guide
Pick up the new Second Edition of the ISM Dating Guide and spend some time among rockets and other exhibits with your date.
You can pick up a copy at any of the five dispensers in Spaceport Alpha and Spaceport Bravo, including the landing site.
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ISM Trivia Challenge
Take the ISM Trivia Challenge and win prizes from the points you earn. Earn 10 points for every correct answer for multiple choice questions.
To start, go to the giftshop in Spaceport Alpha and pick up a HUD from the engine of the toy rocket.
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Rocket Rides
Fly on a rocket to the International Space Station (ISS). Just sit in the rocket and hold on tight and enjoy the journey from lift off to docking to the ISS and return to Earth.
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Orion Space Capsule
Why walk around when you can explore the museum by flying around in an Orion Space Capsule?
Sit in the Orion Space Capsule and use your keyboard controls to fly around the museum and explore the rockets and exhibits.
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Apollo Lunar Lander Simulator
Try landing the Apollo Lunar Lander without crashing on the Lunar surface.
Sit in the lander and tap the up arrow to engage reverse thrusts, as it comes down, for a gentle landing. Careful! If you run out of fuel or come down too hard (over 5m/s), you will crash!
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Dragon-ISS Docking Simulator
Try your skill at docking a space capsule to the International Space Station. Play the SpaceX Dragon-International Space Station docking simulator while sitting inside a 3D model of the SpaceX Dragon Capsule. Sit in the Dragon and click the media screen to play.
Get Involved
Donate
The ISM is completely built and run by volunteers. However, expenses in running the museum include the monthly land tier fees, mesh and texture upload fees, and annual government fees.
To donate, go to Paypal.com or pay any one of the donation jars inworld.
Volunteer
You can browse our Creators Corner to get a sense of how we work.
To volunteer, come to our weekly Planning Committee meeting at Spaceport Bravo on Wednesdays at 3pm SLT and introduce yourself as a would-be volunteer. Or contact our volunteer coordinator.