As someone who has always been fascinated and moved by space exploration, the advent of VR is incredibly exciting. While I may never be able to leave the Earth physically, the growing library of space-themed VR experiences means I can have the next best thing - a simulated space adventure.

Titans of Space, a VR app developed by DrashVR LLC, is an educational VR experience that takes the user through the solar system and gives them a chance to look at the planets and their moons up close. While the models are not perfectly to scale, the impression the app gives is very powerful. It also includes information on each planet and moon as the user flies by.

The app is very well received on Google Play (it works on Cardboard as well as GearVR and the Rift), but it has some faults - controlling the motion and ones progress through the app can be tricky without a remote, and the headtracking can actually cause drift and be slightly nauseating. Because it runs on a phone, it can also be a little jumpy and cause further disorientation.

DrashVR LLC works primarly on space-themed VR experiences. In addition to Titans of Space, Drash has an experience called "Mars is a Real Place" - a 3D, high-res photo slideshow of images from the Red Planet. The photos are from NASA's database and each one includes an explainer on the unique geography shown in the photo (and why Mars is such a compelling place in our celestial neighborhood).

TNG Engineering was another Drash experience available to users but as of now it is no longer an open VR environment. It was a fully-rendered model of the engineering deck on the U.S.S. Enterprise from the show Star Trek: The Next Generation. Users can still look at a stereoscopic image of the engineering deck, but walking around the environment is no longer possible.

Drash is also project lead on the Apollo 11 Experience, which is both an interactive "game" and a longform VR story of how America got to the moon. Users are tasked with aligning the shuttlecraft with the lander and other acts of precision while also journeying with Neil Armstrong and co. to the moon and back. It's a cool project that has garnered attention from the VR community for its ambitions and educational value.

Drash isn't alone in crafting space-themed VR experiences. VR marketplaces are packed with apps that take users to space, and many companies and developers are space-specific.

SpaceVR is a project trying to send a special 360 camera to the International Space Station. It would beam back a livestream of the view from space, allowing users to watch the planet tumble beneath them as if they were watching from the windows of the ISS themselves.

Deep Space VR is a Rift experience that puts users inside a futuristic space craft and takes them on a tour of the solar system. The viewer flies through the asteroid belt and descends into the Martian atmosphere to soar across the red landscape and explore its strange surface.

A developer called Opaque is working on a VR experience called Earthlight. It's almost a simulation of the movie "Gravity" - the user is aboard the ISS on a spacewalk and can look down at the Earth. The whole environment was build in Unreal, which makes it highly photorealistic.

Mars 2030 is a project developed in tandem with NASA. It is a fully-rendered VR Mars the size of Bethesda's Skyrim map. Users can explore the Red Planet for hours and see real landmarks on the planet's surface that, until now, have been nothing other than names in textbooks or satellite images.

Lastly, while real and educational VR apps are cool, there are more entertaining options for space junkies like me. EVE: Valkyrie is one of those options. It's a space dogfight simulator for Rift and Vive, and it allows the user to fulfill their dreams of piloting a starfighter and do his or her best Wedge Antilles impersonation.

There are tons of cool and exciting experiences in VR for people who dream of exploring the stars and visiting distant planets. DrashVR has brought a number of them to the table, and there are plenty of others that serve similar purposes. While commercial spaceflight may happen in the near future, the chances of visiting Titan are still pretty slim. So, for now, the best way to travel the solar system is in a VR headset.