Fly Me To The Luna Map

Google Moon left, LROC right

NASA has launched a map of the moon's northern polar region. The LROC Northern Polar Mosaic is an interactive map of the due north pole of the Moon from threescore to xc degrees due north latitude.

The map uses satellite images which are incredibly detailed at two-meters-per-pixel too rather puts Google's ain Google Moon map to shame. The icon inwards a higher house shows the J. Herschel Crater displayed on Google Moon too the novel LROC Mosaic. The Google Moon icon on the left is fully zoomed in, piece the LROC map has 5 farther levels of zoom.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter entered lunar compass inwards June 2009 too it has taken 4 years to practise this mosaic icon of the moon's due north pole. It has been good worth the wait.

Google Maps Lands On The Luna & Mars

Google Maps right away lets y'all explore the Moon too Mars. To see either the Moon or Mars opened upwards the novel await Google Maps too to switch to 'Earth' (or satellite view) too zoom out on the map until y'all run across the whole globe. The Moon too Mars should right away seem equally options at the bottom of your screen.

If y'all are finding it hard to abide by the Moon or Mars too then endeavor these straight links - Moon & Mars.

Both the Moon too the Mars maps accept dynamic links hence y'all tin cutting & glue the address inward your browser's address bar to portion links to your favorite locations on either the Moon or the scarlet planet. For representative here's a link to land where Neil Armstrong rootage stepped on the Moon.

Here's where the Mars Curiosity landed inward Gales's Crater (Aeolis Mons).