Google Earth takes you to the moon

On the 40th anniversary of the first moon walk, Google launched the Moon in Google Earth, an addition to its Google Earth mapping software that lets people virtually travel to the moon.

In addition to seeing 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 how the Apollo 11 spacecraft as seen by astronauts. Behind the photo, you can see the 3-D model on Google Earth of the Apollo 11 space ship. People can choose to drill down onto different views from a map of the general area.