How to Use Google Mars to Explore the Surface of Mars and View Martian Landmarks & Landings

Written by: Tom · July 27, 2008 at 10:00 am · Category: Search Tips 

Google Mars is an amazing tool that is easily accessible to millions of people world-wide, or should I say, universe-wide!  All you have to do is point your browser toward www.google.com/mars (opens in new window).

The page will open up with the following view:

You may recognize this interface from Google Maps.  It has the standard buttons to move around and to zoom in and out.  Also, you’ll notice that it has a legend as to what the colors mean.  The White are the highest points and the blue areas are the lowest in elevation.

You will notice nine links above the map.  Try clicking on Spacecraft.

As you can see, it takes you to a page that shows you where all of the different spacecrafts have landed on Mars.  You can also see when they landed, and what country launched them.

Clicking on Dunes will get you a map of the discovered dunes on Mars.  No four-wheeling allowed…

If you want to hear about Mars’s most recent news, you can click on the Stories link.  Here you can view different news stories and see what’s going on in the Martian community.

If you have an exciting feature that you like about Google Mars or simply a question, please share it below in the comments section!

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2 Responses to “How to Use Google Mars to Explore the Surface of Mars and View Martian Landmarks & Landings”

  1. Bony Delicious on July 28th, 2008 11:37 pm

    Of equal interest to nerds everywhere should be Google Moon, as seen at http://www.google.com/moon/

    Enjoy!

  2. Tom on July 31st, 2008 11:57 pm

    That’s true, Bony Delicious. You’re always one step ahead of me. I’ll be getting to Google Moon shortly. I love how you can see where the different space shuttles landed.

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