Google Earth goes to the Moon 紀念登月40年 Google推出虛擬月球探險

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, Google is offering a trip to the Moon, courtesy of Google Earth.

Moon in Google Earth is an interactive 3D atlas of the Moon, viewable with Google Earth 5.0.

With Moon in Google Earth, users can explore a virtual Moonscape, follow guided tours from astronauts Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11) and Jack Schmitt (Apollo 17), see the latest rover concepts by teams competing in the Google Lunar X-PRIZE, view high-resolution 'Street View' style panoramic photos, watch previously unreleased video footage captured from the lunar surface, and much more.

Moon in Google Earth will also incorporate a complete lunar terrain data-set, which will serve as the atlas' base-map.

In addition to satellite imagery and terrain, the following layers can be explored with Moon in Google Earth:
• Featured Satellite Imagery - Explore overlaid satellite imagery and detailed descriptions of selected areas on the Moon from Arizona State University's 'Lunar Image of the Week'.
• Spacecraft Imagery - View selected imagery captured by the Apollo Metric Camera, Clementine, and the Lunar Orbiter.
• Apollo Missions - Travel back to the Apollo era and discover the landing sites of Apollo missions 11-17.
• Explore "Street View"–style panoramic images, watch footage from Spacecraft Films made available online for the first time, and read about the places astronauts saw on their trips to the Moon.
• Guided Tours - Take a narrated tour of the Moon from Apollo astronauts Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11) and Harrison H. Schmitt (Apollo 17).
• Historic Maps - Discover Apollo-era geologic and topographic maps of the Moon that were used in mission control for trips to the Moon.
• Human Artifacts - Learn about the various types of exploratory equipment that humans have left on the Moon and where those objects can be found today. Artifacts from the United States, the Soviet Union, China, the EU, Japan, and India are included, some of them as 3D models.

To experience Moon in Google Earth, open Google Earth 5.0 and switch modes from 'Earth' to 'Moon' on the top toolbar. To learn more about Moon in Google Earth, visit earth.google.com/moon. Google Earth 5.0 can be downloaded at earth.google.com.




為紀念人類在40年前的今天踏上月球，Google今天在免費的「Google地球」（Google Earth）線上影像服務中，加入月球探險虛擬服務。

月球選項將與現有的地球、火星和天空，出現在首頁earth.google.com上方工具列中。想要一窺月球究竟的虛擬探險家，必須先下載並安裝免費的「Goolge地球」5.0版軟體。

Google今天推出月球服務時，特地邀請當年登月的阿波羅11號任務太空人奧德林（Buzz Aldrin）與美國航空暨太空總署（NASA）官員及X Prize基金會齊聚華府。

Google月球服務結合「Google街景」（GoogleStreet View）類型的全景照片，以及NASA在月表拍下的影片，打造出虛擬的月球地形。

阿波羅11號任務太空人施密特（Jack Schmitt）和奧德林，則為這項服務提供旁白說明。

除了虛擬月表探險，新服務也加入「人類遺跡」（Human Artifacts）功能，可以看見太空任務留在月球上的東西。（譯者：中央社李威翰）