NASA content on Google Moon website
Search Engines
21 September 2007
NASA has announced that new higher-resolution lunar imagery and maps, including NASA content, are now available on the Google Moon website.
Updates include new content from the Apollo missions, including embedded panoramic images, links to audio clips and videos, as well as descriptions of the astronauts' activities during the missions.
The new content is overlaid on updated, higher-resolution lunar maps. There are detailed charts of different regions of the moon suitable for use by anyone simulating a lunar mission.
"NASA's objective is for Google Moon to become a more accurate and useful lunar mapping platform that will be a foundation for future web-based moon applications, much like the many applications that have been built on top of Google Maps," said Chris C Kemp, director of strategic business development at a NASA research centre in California.
"This will make it easier for scientists everywhere to make lunar data more available and accessible."
The new site is designed to be user-friendly and encourage the exchange of data and ideas among scientists and amateur astronomers.
This announcement closely follows the release of new NASA content in Google Earth, including photographs taken by NASA astronauts and imagery from NASA's Earth observing satellite sensors.
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