July 20, 2009 10:05 AM PDT
On the 40th anniversary of the first moon walk, Google launched Moon in Google Earth, an addition to its Google Earth mapping software that lets people virtually travel to the moon.
Besides enabling users to see the surface of the moon in close detail, the application allows people to gather lots of information about the history of travel to the moon. Here is a picture of the Apollo 11 spacecraft as seen by astronauts. Behind the photo, you can see the 3D model on Google Earth of the Apollo 11 spacecraft. People can choose to drill down to different views from a map of the general area.
Photo by Screen capture by Martin LaMonica
Caption by Martin LaMonica
