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In time for the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s 1969 landing on the moon, NASA – wait, no, I mean Google – is introducing a new interactive feature on Google Earth that allows you to check out the details of the moon landing. Well, NASA did at least participate in the project. With Google Earth Moon, you can take tours of landing sites, and even check out 360 degree shots of the moon’s surface to find astronaut footprints.
If you already have Google 5.0, then you need nothing more to use this feature. No upgrade is necessary. Just click the planet button and choose Moon. Each of the Apollo landing mission data is uploaded to the application, allowing you to go through the history in detail. Google took the photos taken from the missions and mapped a detailed surface to allow a “Street View” of the moon.
Nearly all the history is covered, with rare TV footage, mission plans, maps and all, so you can be that much closer without actually getting to the moon. Go knows when we’re going back there, but word has it we’re looking into going to Mars.
For full details on this new Google gizmo, check out here.
