Anytime the topic of space is mentioned my attention is immediately grabbed. I've been fascinated with space exploration, the discovery of new planets, and astronomical events since I was a child. I'm super excited about the total eclipse that is going to occur on August 21. <\/p>\n
There is more good news. Google recently announced a new feature that will give everyone a birds-eye view of the International Space Station (ISS). <\/p>\n
There is already a way to catch breathtaking live views coming from the ISS. Click here to check out the ISS HD Earth Viewing Experiment. It's a live stream of HD video cameras pointed at Earth from the ISS. <\/p>\n
Now, you have the chance to explore the International Space Station itself. Google announced last week that its map imagery tool, Street View, will allow everyone to get an in-depth look inside the ISS. <\/p>\n
The feature gives users a 360-degree, panoramic view of everything happening inside the ISS, including activity from astronauts that are onboard. <\/p>\n
Watch the following video to catch a glimpse of what to expect: <\/p>\n
It took nearly four months for French Astronaut Thomas Pesquet to map the entire ISS for Google. He collected images that were sent back to Earth and used to put together a 360-degree view. <\/p>\n
Pesquet said in a statement, \"The ISS has technical equipment on all surfaces, with lots of cables and a complicated layout with modules shooting off in all directions--left, right, up, down. And it's a busy place, with six crew members carrying out research and maintenance activities 12 hours a day. There are a lot of obstacles up there, and we had limited time to capture the imagery, so we had to be confident that our approach would work.\" <\/p>\n
Click here to check out images from Street View of the ISS. Once you've clicked our link, click the box that says International Space Station. It's pretty amazing! <\/p>\n
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