NASA has released a massive update to its Eyes on the Solar System visualization program, making virtual interplanetary travel easier and more fun. The update has been in development for over two years and offers improved controls, interface, graphics and new features.
A Solar System View user can study asteroids and planets, participate in no less than 126 NASA missions from the past and present, including landings on Mars. You can participate in the difficult landing of Perseverance on the Red Planet or fly with Cassini near Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Visualization allows you to follow the paths of spacecraft and celestial bodies since 1949 and look into the future, up to 2049.
Celestial objects can be rotated, placed side by side and compared, perspective and lighting can be modeled. The latest version of the service has improved visuals, added and updated interactive travel, including the Voyager mission to Jupiter, Saturn , Uranus and Neptune.
“The beauty of the new browser-based Solar System View is that it really invites you to explore. You just need an Internet connection, a device with a web browser, and a little bit of curiosity,” said Jason Craig, maker of the Gaze software at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Source: NASA
