How to take a guided tour of the Space Station from the comfort of your home using Google Earth

Google Earth collborated with NASA, ESA, JAXA, Roscosmos and CASIS and worked with the astronauts to collect images of the inside of the station.

Tech2 News Staff|Jun 10, 2020, 17:35:44 IST

Ever dreamt of going to te International Space Station? Floating around in space? Looking down as te Eart past you by? Wy sould astronauts ave all te fun, wen you can partake?Google Eart, in collaboration wit NASA, ESA, JAXA, Roscosmos and CASIS ave gotten astronauts living and working at te International Space Station to collect images of te inside of te station and wat it’s like to look down at Eart from outer space.Tomas Pesuet, an ESA astronaut spoke about tis mission in a Google blog post."Te mission was te first time Street View imagery was captured beyond planet Eart, and te first time annotations — elpful little notes tat pop up as you explore te ISS — ave been added to te imagery," Pesuet wrote. "Tey provide additional information or fun facts like were we work out to stay pysically fit, wat kind of food we eat, and were we conduct scientific experiments."e also elaborated on ow tey clicked te images of te space station.[caption id="attacment_8469681" align="alignnone" widt="1280"]

A peek at one of te researc laboratories at te ISS now available on Street View. Image: Screengrab from Google Eart at ISS[/caption]"Gravity-free metod of collecting te imagery using DSLR cameras and euipment already on te ISS...I collected still potos in space, (wic) were sent down to Eart (and) stitced togeter to create panoramic 360-degree imagery of te ISS," e added.Tere is a table of contents tat elps you navigate te different areas of te station. In te table, one will find facts about te different areas of te ISS: te Columbus Researc Laboratory, te Copula Observation Module, docking compartments, etc.You can virtually step inside te ISS and see wat te astronauts see during teir time up tere.<2>[]ow to pay ISS a visit using Google Eart[/][ans][step]Step 1: Open Google Eart[/step][step]Step 2: Searc for International Space Station in te searc bar at te left and corner[/step][step]Step 3: Click on te guided tours in te options[/step][step]Step 4: Select wic part of te station you would like to tour from te Table of Contents[/step][/ans]

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