Celestial Exploration
by shimaginary
Celestial Exploration lets players leave their planet for outer space, with a visitable dimension, spaceships and planets to reach beyond the atmosphere.
What it does
Space travel is the core of the mod. Players build and fly their own spaceship and space suits, reach planets that lie beyond the home world, and visit Jupiter's four Galilean moons: Europa, Callisto, Io and Ganymede. Each destination has structures suited to it, and more structures are announced for later updates. An asteroid belt holds a space station built from new station blocks, and research tunnels and abandoned lunar colonies are placed in the dimension.
The author aims for a style close to vanilla Minecraft, with some creative liberties taken for gameplay, rather than a strictly realistic simulation. Crafting adds a workbench mechanic, and new ceramic and painted ceramic blocks serve decoration. Two new villager professions can be traded with. The mod requires AzureLib and Celestial Lib, and Just Enough Items (JEI) is optional. It is open source under the MIT License and published for Forge on 1.18.2 only, with the latest file, 1.13.1, on the beta channel. Other builds exist for 1.18 and 1.18.1 in the older 0.6.0 line.
Key features
Spaceship flight
Players craft a spaceship and fly it through space to reach planets and stations.
Galilean moons
Europa, Callisto, Io and Ganymede are visitable destinations around Jupiter.
Space station
An asteroid belt holds a station built from new space station blocks.
Ceramic decoration
Ceramic and painted ceramic blocks give builders new decorative options.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Optional 1
Required by 2 mods
How it compares
Genesis is open source under the Apache License 2.0, supports Forge on 1.20.1 and is client and server. Star Wars Planets uses a custom license, is client and server and covers 1.18 – 1.19.2. Futurepack Mod is closed under All rights reserved and spans 1.7.10 – 1.18.2 on Forge. Celestial Exploration is open source under the MIT License and targets 1.18.2 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celestial Exploration | Forge | 1.18 – 1.18.2 | Client and server | 2026-09-11 |
| Genesis | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-13 |
| Star Wars Planets | Forge | 1.18 – 1.19.2 | Client and server | 2023-08-28 |
| Futurepack Mod | Forge | 1.7.10 – 1.18.2 | Client and server | 2024-09-11 |
Questions
Does Celestial Exploration need Celestial Lib?
Must the server run Celestial Exploration?
Are the Galilean moons available in every build?
In the catalog
Celestial Exploration is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,908 Transportation mods for Forge. 9,044 mods support Minecraft 1.18.2.
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What the author says
A mod for exploring beyond our own planet and into the outer reaches of space! This is not meant to be a hyper-realistic mod! My goal was to keep the general style and gameplay of vanilla Minecraft the best I could, but with outer space. And some creative liberties, of course.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/celestial-exploration
- Owner
- shimaginary
- Published
- 2024-01-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
