Visit the International Space Station without ever leaving the ground

A few small steps inside a West Palm Beach performing arts center equates to one giant leap 250 miles above Earth

These visitors to Space Explorers: The Infinite look as if they are just walking around a banquet room at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. But they feel like they are walking in and around the International Space Station 250 miles about Earth. (JOE CAPOZZI

I went up to the International Space Station the other day. It was an awe-inspiring out-of-this-world trip, even if I never left the ground.

On assignment for The Palm Beach Post, I went behind the scenes at Space Explorers: The Infinite, an immersive virtual-reality experience at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach until Sept. 2.

A co-producer of the exhibit, Felix Lajeunesse, explained how the production was made, how astronauts played the dual roles of production crew and co-stars, and how walking on a ballroom floor off Okeechobee Boulevard feels like walking in space.

Walking in space?? How in the name of Buzz Lightyear is that possible??

Read all about it a story I wrote for the Palm Beach Post. Click this link to read it. (Hopefully you won’t hit a paywall.)

I enjoyed the exhibit so much, I went back again on Father’s Day with my daughter Maddie.

Felix Lajeunesse, co-producer of Space Explorers: The Infinite (JOE CAPOZZI)

Your trusty correspondent on Father’s Day with his daughter, Maddie.

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