SEE SPACE THROUGH AN ASTRONAUT’S EYES
Google Earth Gets Out of This World
Outer space has been big news lately, and if it’s conjured some personal dreams about visiting space, exploring the International Space Station (ISS), and gazing at Earth as it floats by, then you might be in luck.
ISS” to take photos in space. They were then sent down to Earth to create 360-degree imagery of the ISS.
HERE’S HOW TO PAY THE ISS A VISIT USING GOOGLE EARTH:
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Google Earth, in collaboration with NASA, ESA, JAXA, Roscosmos, and Casis, has been working with astronauts living inside the ISS to collect images of the station and what it’s like to look down at Earth from space. ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet recently wrote a Google blog post, saying, “The mission was the first time Street View imagery was captured beyond planet Earth and the first-time annotations — helpful little notes that pop up as you explore the ISS — have been added
Open Google Earth on your web browser.
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Search for “International Space Station” in the search bar in the left-hand corner.
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Click on “Guided Tours” in the options.
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Select which part of the station you would like to
tour from the table of contents.
to the imagery. They provide additional information or fun facts, like where we work out to stay physically fit, what kind of food we eat, and where we conduct scientific experiments.”
It’s that easy! The table of contents helps you navigate the different areas of the station, and it’s also where you can find facts about the different areas of the ISS, like the Columbus Research Lab or the Cupola Observation Module. Virtual technology has come so far in such a short amount of time that the feat is literally out of this world. NEED NETWORKING OR COMPUTER HELP?
He also explains a “Gravity-free method of collecting the imagery using DSLR [digital single-lens reflex] cameras and equipment on the
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