space visualizations

Celestia

"An open-source, photo-realistic, real-time, three-dimensional viewing of the solar system, the galaxy and the universe."

Google Moon

"A mosaic of landing site images and a tour of the Apollo landings"

NASA World Wind

"World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there."

Solar System Simulator

"NASA imagery and computer modeling combine to produce simulated pictures of solar system objects from any other object and from any time you choose."

Uniview

"Uniview is the most feature-rich astronomical visualization and universal data exploration platform on the market..."

WorldWide Telescope

"WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky." (image via)