Kevin McQuown / FolioIdeas · People · Possibilities

Project / Spaceflight & learning

Starward

A spaceflight simulator that connects an integrated textbook with the experience of flying a mission.

Read it. Then fly it.

I wanted to connect learning about orbital mechanics with putting that knowledge into practice. Starward brings an integrated textbook into a space simulation, so the concepts and the flying live together.

From orbit to a moon base

The simulation lets me fly an orbit, perform a docking, and fly to and land at a moon base. The aim is to experience the mechanics through a simulated spacecraft, rather than leave them on the page.

I use Codex to help build and develop the simulator and its learning tools.

Explore the Starward website ↗

Flight notes & demonstrations

Tristan to Humanity

A narrated arrival at Humanity: cockpit instruments, Berth 03 docking, the pressure connection, and the walk through four lifts to a residential room.

Watch the narrated mission — 1:01:58 →