Cosmic Horizons begins with a journey.
But the journey does not end when guests leave the attraction.
The Next Horizon Initiative extends discovery into the Space Port—a place where guests can continue exploring the universe, experience possibilities beyond Earth, and encounter the science and engineering shaping humanity's next horizon.
Through the Infinity Overlook, Eye of Apollo Observatory, Eagle Lunar Base, and Living Laboratories, the journey continues beyond the attraction—from the scale of the universe to the challenges of living and working beyond Earth.
These experiences are not intended to present a fixed prediction of tomorrow.
They are designed to evolve as tomorrow becomes today.
As new discoveries reshape our understanding and new technologies expand what is possible, the experiences within the Space Port can evolve with them.
The philosophy is simple:
Permanent Infrastructure. Continuous Discovery.
Cosmic Horizons may begin as an attraction.
The Next Horizon is a place to return to.
The Next Horizon Space Port is more than the point where the attraction ends. It is a place guests are free to explore—where the journey branches into experiences of discovery, observation, and possibility.
Eye of Apollo Observatory
The Universe Through New Eyes
At the Eye of Apollo Observatory, guests explore the science of planets, stars, galaxies, nebulae, and the larger universe through astronomical observation and visualization.
At its center, the programmable Eye of Apollo Telescope can be directed toward selected astronomical objects, with observations shared across multiple viewing stations so groups of guests can explore together.
Surrounding displays place those observations in context—
revealing what we know, how we know it, and what scientists are still working to understand.
The farther we learn to see, the more there is to discover.
Eagle Lunar Base
A Place Beyond Earth
Eagle Lunar Base invites guests to step inside a recreation of a future lunar habitat and experience how people might live and work on another world.
Designed as a spacious walk-through environment rather than a scheduled presentation, the base allows guests to explore while maintaining continuous circulation through the Space Port.
A panoramic lunar window looks outward onto the Moon—
presenting the lunar environment as it would appear beyond the habitat and allowing the experience to evolve alongside humanity's actual exploration of the Moon.
For a few moments, the Moon is no longer somewhere we look toward.
It is where we are.
A Window Into the Deep Field
The journey has brought us home.
But the universe continues far beyond everything we have explored.
The Infinity Overlook invites guests to stop for a moment and simply look outward—
into an immersive, floor-to-ceiling view of the deep universe.
Unlike the attraction, there is no destination to reach and no journey to complete.
The view can evolve as new astronomical imagery and discoveries expand our understanding of the cosmos.
A place to pause.
A place to wonder.
A reminder of how much remains to be discovered.
Explore how future generations might design, build, and sustain communities beyond Earth.
Mars Habitat Systems examines the challenges of constructing habitats in an environment where materials, equipment, energy, and human labor must be carefully managed. Guests encounter concepts involving autonomous construction, robotics, habitat systems, and the use of local resources to support future exploration.
Many of the same challenges—
using fewer resources, building resilient systems, and operating in difficult environments—
also have applications here on Earth.
Why It Matters
• Autonomous construction could reduce human exposure to hazardous environments.
• Using local resources could reduce what must be transported from Earth.
• Efficient, resilient habitat systems can inform engineering challenges both in space and at home.
Sustaining Human Exploration
Water is the foundation of every human settlement beyond Earth.
This Living Laboratory explores the systems required to sustain human life where essential resources are limited and resupply may be difficult.
Guests encounter concepts involving water recovery and recycling, atmospheric processing, environmental control, and closed-loop life support—
where water and air must be continuously recovered, monitored, and reused.
The same challenge extends beyond space exploration: how can we accomplish more while consuming fewer resources?
Why It Matters
• Water recovery and recycling can reduce the resources required from Earth.
• Closed-loop environmental systems are essential to sustaining crews far from home.
• Technologies developed for resource-limited environments can also inform conservation and resilience on Earth.
Growing Beyond Earth
Future exploration depends upon the ability to produce food wherever humanity travels.
This Living Laboratory explores how controlled-environment agriculture, hydroponics, plant science, and biological systems could support crews and future settlements far from Earth.
Guests discover how food production becomes part of a larger life-support system—where water, nutrients, energy, and growing space must be carefully managed, recovered, and reused.
The challenge is not simply how to grow food in space, but how to produce more with fewer resources.
Why It Matters
• Controlled-environment agriculture can produce food while carefully managing water, nutrients, and growing space.
• Plant systems can contribute to food production, atmospheric management, and resource cycling.
• Research developed for resource-limited environments can also inform more efficient food production on Earth.
Building Beyond Earth
Future settlements cannot depend indefinitely on transporting every material and component from Earth.
This Living Laboratory explores how resources found beyond Earth could be identified, extracted, processed, reused, and transformed into materials needed for exploration and construction.
Guests encounter concepts involving robotic excavation, autonomous operations, resource processing, and advanced manufacturing—exploring how local materials could reduce the enormous challenge of transporting everything from Earth.
The fundamental question is simple: what can we learn to build from the resources already there?
Why It Matters
• Using local resources could reduce dependence on supplies transported from Earth.
• Robotics and autonomous systems could perform hazardous work before or alongside human crews.
• Resource-efficient processing and manufacturing can also inform more sustainable practices on Earth.
Powering Exploration
Every system beyond Earth depends upon reliable energy.
Life support, communications, construction, scientific research, manufacturing, and transportation all require power that can remain available far from Earth's infrastructure.
This Living Laboratory explores concepts involving solar energy, energy storage, intelligent power distribution, and resilient energy networks designed to support future exploration and settlement.
Guests discover that generating energy is only part of the challenge. It must also be stored, distributed, and available where—and when—it is needed.
Why It Matters
• Reliable energy systems are essential to sustained human activity beyond Earth.
• Energy storage and intelligent distribution can improve efficiency and resilience.
• Technologies developed for remote and resource-limited environments can also inform energy systems on Earth.
Caring for Life Beyond Earth
Human exploration presents medical challenges unlike those encountered on Earth.
This Living Laboratory explores how healthcare might adapt when crews travel far from hospitals, specialists, and immediate support—through concepts involving space medicine, telemedicine, robotic assistance, health monitoring, rehabilitation, regenerative medicine, and biomedical research.
Guests discover that no matter how far humanity learns to travel,
the most important system we carry with us is human life itself.
And many of the challenges encountered in remote and extreme environments can inspire new approaches to healthcare here at home.
Why It Matters
• Remote healthcare and continuous monitoring can help support people far from traditional medical facilities.
• Research in extreme environments can expand our understanding of human health and performance.
• Medical technologies developed for exploration can also have applications for healthcare on Earth.
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