Virtual Reality

Spin, tilt and zoom these 3D objects and worlds with any pointing device, especially fingers. Hold a planet in your hands!

VR Objects

VR Centaur D rocket upper stage, lost in 1966, recovered in 2020
VR Centaur D rocket upper stage
Sun, Earth and Jupiter viewed by extraterresrials with the transit method on January 10, 2026.
Sun, Earth and Jupiter viewed by extraterresrials with the transit method on January 10, 2026.

VR Worlds

Mercury, MESSENGER spacecraft image July 18, 2013 enhanced to show chemical, mineralogical, and physical surface differences
Mercury, color enhanced MESSENGER spacecraft image July 18, 2013
Moon with Apollo landing sites
Moon with Apollo landing sites
VR Mars 1896, from Illustration by Lucien Rudaux
Mars 1896, from Illustration by Lucien Rudaux
VR Mars from 1976 Viking and 2001 MGS maps, compare with Rudaux's 1896
Mars from 1976 Viking and 2001 MGS maps, compare with Rudaux's 1896
VR Saturn 1899 illustration by Rudaux
Saturn 1899 illustration by Rudaux
VR Pluto, from New Horizons
VR Pluto, from New Horizons
VR Charon, largest moon of Pluto
Charon, largest moon of Pluto
7 Small Planetoids Compared
7 Small Planetoids Compared

What other world, real or imagined, would you like to see here? Please post in the blog.