SPACE STORY ENGINE
ASTRAEUS OBSERVATORY
An open-source engine for interactive space stories, built with TypeScript and Three.js. Every position says where it came from, from NASA missions to Global Meteor Network measurements.
JULY 1969 · NASA MSC-00171
Apollo 11
Eight days to the Moon and back, rebuilt from NASA’s mission report. 30 timed events and 7 story panels, each with its sources.
ASTRAEUS // APOLLO 11
SETTING THE CLOCK
NASA mission report · Earth and Moon positions · 30 events
FROM SMALL APPS TO ONE ENGINE
How Four Space Apps Became One Engine
My earlier space apps each solved one part of the problem: how the camera feels, how orbits work, or how big space is. Astraeus brings those lessons together in four layers (State → Sources → Drawing → Story). Every body answers one question: where are you at this moment, and where did that answer come from?