Fun with astronaut mode in Google Earth
If you've ever dreamed of going on a spacewalk, now's your chance to at least pretend thanks to the really cool Astronaut Mode for Google Earth . The overlay makes it look like you're an astronaut floating above the planet. It also works in sky mode , so you can look away from the earth too. If you feel lonely floating in space all by yourself, you can make the experience a little more interesting by also showing all known orbiting satellites and spacecraft . The network link from AGI shows in real time all 12,000+ earth-orbiting objects tracked by the United States Strategic Command . Here are screenshots looking both towards earth (with the satellite database turned on) and away from earth at Orion's belt :