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Google Street View Now Lets You Explore the International Space Station

Michele Debczak
NASA, Wikimedia Commons
NASA, Wikimedia Commons / NASA, Wikimedia Commons
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Google Street View covers some amazing locations (Antarctica, the Grand Canyon, and Stonehenge, to name a few), but it’s taken until now for the tool to venture into the final frontier. As TechCrunch reports, you can now use Street View to explore the inside of the International Space Station.

The scenes, photographed by astronauts living on the ISS, include all 15 modules of the massive satellite. Viewers will be treated to true 360-degree views of the rooms and equipment onboard. Through the windows, you can see Earth from an astronaut's perspective and a SpaceX Dragon craft delivering supplies to the crew.

Because the imagery was captured in zero gravity, it’s easy to lose a sense of your bearings. Get a taste of what ISS residents experience on a daily basis here.

[h/t TechCrunch]

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