Re: NASA Maps the Moon With Google

baalke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Sept. 18, 2007

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-3749
katherine.trinidad@xxxxxxxx

Michael Mewhinney
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
650-604-3937
michael.mewhinney@xxxxxxxx

Lynnette Madison
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
lynnette.b.madison@xxxxxxxx

RELEASE: 07-195

NASA MAPS THE MOON WITH GOOGLE

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - New higher-resolution lunar imagery and maps
that include NASA multimedia content now are available on the Google
Moon Web site.

Updates include new content from the Apollo missions, including
dozens
of embedded panoramic images, links to audio clips and videos, and
descriptions of the astronauts' activities during the missions. The
new content is overlaid on updated, higher-resolution lunar maps.
Also added are detailed charts of different regions of the moon
suitable for use by anyone simulating a lunar mission.

"NASA's objective is for Google Moon to become a more accurate and
useful lunar mapping platform that will be a foundation for future
web-based moon applications, much like the many applications that
have been built on top of Google Maps," said Chris C. Kemp, director
of strategic business development at NASA's Ames Research Center,
Moffett Field, Calif. "This will make it easier for scientists
everywhere to make lunar data more available and accessible."

Google Moon's visible imagery and topography are aligned with the
recently updated lunar coordinate system and can be used for
scientifically accurate mission planning and data analysis. The new
site is designed to be user-friendly and encourage the exchange of
data and ideas among scientists and amateur astronomers.

This announcement closely follows the release of new NASA content in
Google Earth, including photographs taken by NASA astronauts and
imagery from NASA's Earth observing satellite sensors, such as the
Sea-viewing Wide Field of View Sensor, Landsat and the Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectrometer.

Astronaut photography was developed in collaboration with the Crew
Earth Observations team, part of the Image Science and Analysis
Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston. Satellite imagery
of Earth was developed in partnership with the Earth Observatory team
at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

The alliance was accomplished under a Space Act Agreement signed in
December 2006 by Google and NASA's Ames Research Center. Google is
headquartered near Ames in northern California's Silicon Valley.

For more information on Google Moon, visit:

http://moon.google.com

For more information on Google Earth, visit:

http://earth.google.com

For information about NASA, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

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