Project goals:

• Encouraging scientific and specialized tourism, contributing to strengthening the national economy, and creating job opportunities.
• Encouraging scientific hobbies, scientific research, innovation and entrepreneurship among children and youth.
• Creating a fertile environment for scientific tourism programs and initiatives in the field of space science
• Employ space exploration to inspire students and increase their interest in STEM

Importance of the project

Astronomy and space science is inspiring for future generations, and an interesting field full of information that is capable of stimulating the child's cognitive intelligence. The corner mainly aims to educate members of society especially young with the principles and applications of science, explaining and simplifying them by presenting them in an interactive and interesting manner.

Project Implementation and Funding:

The project's implementation and funding were divided into two main sections as follows:

Section One: Preparing an environment that simulates space and the equipment that helps humans reach it. This section consists of a number of tools and equipment such as: a model of the International Space Station, a model of a space rocket, a model of a spacecraft, a model of the Rover mobile unit, a food corner, an astronaut suit, a timeline of space and astronomy, models of rockets, a corner for a satellite model with small satellites, display screens, virtual reality glasses, and a section for binoculars. This ministry has secured approval from Daleel Petroleum to fund this section with an amount of (58,000) fifty-eight thousand Omani Riyals. It will be implemented by Innovative Technology for Innovation (Innotech) within 7 months of signing the agreement, with the project receiving regular maintenance for 5 years supported by the project's funding company with an amount of (15,000) fifteen thousand Omani Riyals.

Part Two: Creating a virtual reality simulation of a spacecraft cabin, where the simulation consists of two cabins to simulate a scientific and educational space journey to different stations in the space age using multi-sensory virtual reality technologies. The simulator targets children and young people, specifically school students in the Sultanate of Oman. The Ministry has secured funding for the simulator project from the Oman LNG company for an amount of (93,000) ninety-three thousand Omani Riyals. The project is scheduled to be implemented by a leading Omani company in the technical and scientific solutions industry.