Explore Space
To Infinity and Beyond!
Built to entertain and educate space enthusiasts, the app explores planets in order, showing distances, facts, and interactive quizzes.
Explore Space is an interactive web app designed to make astronomy fun, accessible, and visually captivating for everyone — from curious beginners to lifelong space enthusiasts. The app uses real NASA data and imagery to take users on a journey through our solar system, displaying each planet in order, their distances from the Sun, and how far apart they are from each other.
Each planet can be explored in detail, revealing fascinating facts, imagery, and even interactive quizzes to test what users have learned. The goal is to turn complex astronomical data into an engaging, educational experience that feels both immersive and intuitive.
Built with React, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS and prototyped using v0.dev Explore Space emphasizes performance, responsiveness, and a smooth, modern interface. The project reflects my passion for space exploration and my commitment to transforming raw data into something approachable, inspiring, and fun to interact with.
Explore Space Gallery
Discover the Explore Space interface — designed for curiosity, creativity, and seamless exploration through immersive visuals.
Insights
Building Explore Space gave me a deeper understanding of how design, data, and interactivity can work together to create a memorable user experience. I learned how to connect real-time NASA APIs with a clean, responsive interface — ensuring that each piece of planetary information not only loaded efficiently but also felt engaging and visually grounded.
On the front-end side, I refined my approach to animation timing and user feedback, focusing on how subtle motion can guide attention and create flow rather than distraction. The process also helped me appreciate how visual hierarchy and layout choices can turn complex datasets into a story that users actually want to explore.
Looking ahead, I plan to expand the project with Supabase authentication, personalized dashboards, and real-time mission tracking. Another exciting step will be introducing an interactive 3D solar system map, allowing users to navigate between planets and see live orbital data. These features will take the app beyond static visualization into a truly dynamic exploration tool.