Explore the Moon and Space with Google Earth

Google created a new feature that will help you relive the Apollo 11 moon landings plus… Explore surface of the Moon closely with Google Earth.

This will help you explore the moon as well as our solar system; this tool is very good for educating the young ones about our space. Showing them the vastness of space as well as experiencing the Lunar Landing several decades ago.

There is also a presentation of Planet Mars, you can explore the surface of the red planet using Google Earth.

This was made possible through the effort and cooperation of NASA Ames Research and JAXA

A sample Window for Google Earth- Moon

A sample Window for Google Earth- Earth

A sample Window for Google Earth- Mars

You need to at least download the two programs to be able to use the Google Earth

Google Earth   3D Earth browser – version 5.0.1 10.4 MB

Google Chrome Web Browser 9.6 MB

With Moon in Google Earth, you can:

• Take tours of landing sites, narrated by Apollo astronauts

• View 3D models of landed spacecraft

• Zoom into 360-degree photos to see astronauts’ footprints

• Watch rare TV footage of the Apollo missions

source:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/dive-into-new-google-earth.html

Explore the Moon and Space with Google Earth