The Inner Space Center’s offices are located on the ground floor of the Ocean Science and Exploration Center (OSEC) building at the URI Narragansett Bay Campus. 

The building co-locates the Center’s media engineers, web developers, and leadership with workspaces for partners including the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI), Ocean Exploration Trust (OET), and URI’s Office of Public Engagement.

Mission Control
ISC Mission Control serves as the central command center for international telepresence-enabled ocean exploration, operating 24/7 during active field seasons. Styled similarly to NASA’s mission control, this high-tech facility features two massive video projectors that display synchronized, real-time high-definition video feeds, sonar imagery, and data from research ships like the E/V Nautilus and NOAA Ship […]
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ISC Remote Operations
The ISC Remote Operations Center (ROC) supports cutting-edge Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) teams. This space was historically the ISC’s public broadcast control room, but has been used since 2024 as a cloud-based command and control facility for remote operations taking place near and far including Narragansett Bay, the Great Lakes, and the mid-Atlantic.
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Deep Sea Asset Management
The ISC Hub serves as the central data-routing powerhouse of the Inner Space Center, housing the core server infrastructure and network hardware required to run global distributed ocean science missions. Located on-site at the facility, the Hub acts as the primary receiving terminal for real-time video, audio, and scientific data from science vessels and their deep-sea technologies.
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