Space Virtual Reality Objects

Rotate, move, and zoom with fingers or any pointing device!
Compare a drawing of Mars from 1911 with the modern view,
explore the lunar landing sites,
and see how space probes detect planets around other stars.

Mars at Your Fingertips

Mercury
From the MESSENGER probe maps

8K Moon
With 6 Apollo mission landing sites

Mars on November 25, 1911
by astronomer/artist Lucien Rudaux

21st century Mars
Map from Mars Global Surveyor

Pluto
From New Horizons flyby 2015

Plutos's moon Charon
From New Horizons flyby 2015

Kepler Probe Transits
How extrasolar planets are detected