Gallery: Step Inside NASA's Giant Seashell to Hear Satellites in Orbit

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    PHOTO 3-Orbit Pavilion Aerial1-photo by NASAJPL

    The NASA Orbit Pavilion lets visitors listen to the orbit of the ISS and NASA's 19 Earth-orbiting satellites.
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    PHOTO 11-Orbit Pavilion-Interior3-photo by NASAJPL

    The aluminum pavilion is outfitted with 30 speakers that are geolocated to certain satellites.
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    Chuck Choi
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    PHOTO 7-Orbit Pavilion-Entry1-photo by Chuck Choi

    It's made from 72 curved aluminum panels that were stitched together.
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    PHOTO 8-Orbit Pavilion-Entry2-photo by Chuck Choi

    The perforations in the panels ensure that the sound doesn't get garbled.
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    PHOTO 14-Orbit Pavilion-interior fine tuning the speakers-photo by NASA JPL

    Each satellite is assigned a sound based on its mission, and those sounds mimic the position of the satellite in space.
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    PHOTO 9-Orbit Pavilion-Interior1-photo by NASAJPL

    The Orbit Pavilion is a traveling exhibition.
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