Orbital Memories key art: an astronaut reaching out through a wooden frame above Earth, with a satellite and a space station in the distance

A postcard from orbit, with your face in the helmet.

Fly a spacecraft 408 km above Earth, step outside on a spacewalk, then turn the view into a postcard for someone you love, with a message in your own words.

Make your postcard Take a spacewalk

Runs in your browser. Best on a laptop or desktop with a webcam.

An example postcard: a face inside an astronaut's helmet, floating above Earth beside a spacecraft, with a handwritten message underneath — An example postcard, made in the studio

A gift for someone back on Earth

"I thought of you, even from up here."

Very few people will ever see Earth from orbit. Orbital Memories lets you go there for a while: look down at the oceans and the city lights, float outside the spacecraft, and bring home something to give.

The postcard carries your face, the view behind you, and a message in your own words. It's for a parent who can't travel, a friend who lives far away, or a child who dreams of space.

How it works

Fly the cockpit

Look around the cabin and steer the ship while Earth drifts past the windows. Point the view at the space station, a satellite, the Moon or Earth.
Step outside

Open the hatch and float out above the planet. Move freely around the spacecraft while radio calls from mission control come through.
Make your postcard

Take a photo with your webcam or upload one. Your face appears inside the visor with Earth behind you. Add a message, choose a frame, then download or share it.

The postcard studio

Everything happens in your browser.

Your photoFrom your webcam or an upload, with the background removed automatically.
A perfect fitMove, zoom and rotate your face until it sits right in the visor.
Visor finishesApollo Gold, Clear Glass or Cyber HUD.
Your messageA note in your own words, with a mission label, stamps and a postmark.
FramesWalnut wood or titanium, in portrait or landscape.
Keep or send itDownload the image, or share it straight from your phone.
A 3D pop-out viewThe astronaut leans out of the frame toward you.
3D formatsA GLB model, an RGB-D depth pair, side-by-side stereo and red/cyan anaglyph.

A postcard from the studio, with a face inside the helmet — Made in the studio, then downloaded as an image

The film

A two-minute film made for Tripothon S1.

Music: "Titan" by Scott Buckley (CC BY 4.0).

Controls

In the cockpit
Drag	Look around
W / S, ↑ / ↓	Pitch the ship up or down
A / D, ← / →	Turn left or right
Q / E	Roll
R / F, wheel	Raise or lower the orbit
P	Open the postcard studio
Esc	Close the studio

On the spacewalk
Drag	Look around
Wheel	Zoom in or out
W / S	Move forward or back
A / D	Move left or right
E / Q	Move up or down

On-screen buttons start the spacewalk and bring you back, choose what to look at, change the orbit speed, and switch or view the pilot.

VR headset? Open giftfrom.space in the headset's browser, start the cockpit and press Enter VR (WebXR, built for Meta Quest 3). Left stick steers or moves, right stick rises or sinks on the spacewalk, the trigger or A/X switches between the cockpit and the spacewalk, and B/Y changes the orbit speed. The cockpit view is a 360° panorama, so it is best enjoyed seated.

How it was made

Built for Tripothon S1 with generative 3D tools and the open web.

TripoThe astronauts (spacewalker and the two seated pilots), the spacecraft, the satellite and the wooden frame models
World Labs MarbleThe cockpit panorama
PixVerseThe cabin-to-spacewalk transition, made from frames of the app
Earth imageryNASA Blue Marble
Three.jsThe real-time 3D engine
Music"Titan" by Scott Buckley (CC BY 4.0), in the film

Who will you send it to?

Make your postcard Fly the cockpit