Google Earth can now take you to the moon.
Timed with the 40th anniversary of the first moon walk, the Internet giant on Monday released an addition to its Google Earth mapping software to provide images of the landscape of the moon and traces of human exploration there.
Called the Moon in Google Earth, the software allows you to see topographical features on our closest celestial neighbor with the lunar equivalent of the Google Street View. People can also see a gallery of the Apollo space missions and get information on every robotic spacecraft that has visited the moon.
"This tool will make it easier for millions of people to learn about space, our moon and some of the most significant and dazzling discoveries humanity has accomplished together," said Anousheh Ansari, a Trustee of X PRIZE Foundation and first female private space explorer, on the Official Google blog on Monday.
Google is hosting an event to launch the Moon in Google Earth site at the Newseum in Washington D.C. where Ansari and Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin will speak.
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