Space Desk Mats: Astronaut & Galaxy Mouse Pads

How to choose your space desk mat

Fifteen designs, and the difference between them is mostly how much of the room you want them to take over.

Pixel art observatories

8-bit telescopes, little domed observatories, a spacecraft crossing a pixel sky. Retro gaming energy rather than astronomy poster, and the easiest of these to live with every day. Start with the galaxy observatory or the pixel art spacecraft.

Anime skies and nebulas

Soft gradients, clouds lit from behind, the kind of sky anime backgrounds do better than photographs. These read as color first and space second, which is why they work under a cluttered desk. See the anime galaxy clouds and the anime style spacecraft.

Cats in orbit

Astronaut cats, kittens in helmets, a catstronaut drifting past a planet. If you were going to buy a space mat and you also have a cat, this is the shortcut. The funny astronaut cats and the galaxy kittens.

Celestial and quiet

Moons, purple haze, no characters anywhere. This is the group for a desk that needs to look composed. The abstract purple celestial moon is the most restrained design we make, and one of the most reviewed.

The classic astronaut

If you want the thing itself — a figure in a suit, deep black, stars — it's the astronaut desk mat. It's the one people picture when they search for a space mouse pad.

Space mats and gaming

Dark backgrounds hide dust and wear better than pale ones, which is the practical reason space designs are so common on gaming desks. The print doesn't change the surface either way: it's the same low-friction top on 3mm neoprene, so tracking stays even from one edge to the other.