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Explore Europa and mouse your way across the moon
Google already lets you explore every part of Earth - and now it has expanded elsewhere in the universe.
The search giant has been working with NASA to include data from the Cassini mission, along with data from other missions.
The new addition allows users to explore twelve new worlds, including Saturn, its moons, Pluto and Venus.

The search giant has been working with NASA to include data from the Cassini mission, along with data from other missions. Pictured, the Martian surface - users can zoom in the places and even see the history of the planet.
The search giant has been working with NASA to include data from the Cassini mission, along with data from other missions. Pictured, the Martian surface - users can zoom in the places and even see the history of the planet.

'Twenty years ago, the spacecraft Cassini launched from Cape Canaveral on a journey to uncover the secrets of Saturn and its many moons,' said Stafford Marquardt of Google, who is leading the project.
'During its mission, Cassini recorded and sent nearly half a million pictures back to Earth, allowing scientists to reconstruct these distant worlds in unprecedented detail. 
'Now you can visit these places—along with many other planets and moons—in Google Maps right from your computer.'

The Google team worked with astronomical artist Björn Jónsson, who assembled the planetary maps of Europa, Ganymede, Rhea, and Mimas by working with imagery from NASA and the European Space Agency. 
You can't search for locations in space, but you can zoom into the planets and moons and learn more about different locations on their surface. 
Zoom in on Mars, for example, and you can click on different regions to learn more about their features and how they got their names.


You can't search for locations in space, but you can zoom into the planets and moons and learn more about different locations on their surface

The 3D images of planets and moons rotate so you can see where on their surface the sun is hitting and what lies on the dark side. 
Earlier this year Google launches a feature letting users see inside the International Space Station.
Astronaut Chris Hadfield has previously said 'there's a bit of an Alice in Wonderland feel to [The ISS]', because it can be difficult to orientate yourself on the space station.
Now, fans of the International Space Station can take a dizzying virtual tour of all 15 of its modules using Google Street View to experience it for themselves. 



The new addition allows users to explore twelve new worlds, including Saturn, its moons, Pluto and Venus. The 3D images of planets and moons rotate so you can see where on their surface the sun is hitting and what lies on the dark side.
The new addition allows users to explore twelve new worlds, including Saturn, its moons, Pluto and Venus. The 3D images of planets and moons rotate so you can see where on their surface the sun is hitting and what lies on the dark side.
To mark the 48th anniversary of the first successful moon landing, the firm has released an astonishing collection of 360-degree images from inside Nasa's orbiting outpost.
And as you walk through the modules of the ISS, you’ll see find annotations highlighting things like where the astronauts work out to stay physically fit, what kind of food they eat, and where they do scientific experiments. 


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