You can now walk the surface of Mars from the comfort of your home

Thanks to NASA's Curiosity rover, you can now walk the surface of the Red Planet. The organization's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has partnered with Google to create "Access Mars," an interactive program that allows users to roam around Mars. The program was created using images captured by the Curiosity rover during its mission on the planet. Access Mars allows the user to take a guided tour of the Red Planet, and showcases four sites that have been studied by NASA scientists. Curiosity's landing site, Murray Buttes, Marias Pass and Pahrump Hills are all locations that can be explored. Various objects that have been studied are described to internet users with just the click of a mouse."We've been able to leverage and technologies to take our scientists to Mars every single day," said Victor Luo, lead project manager at JPL's Ops Lab, which led the collaboration. "With Access Mars, everyone in the world can ride along."

Thanks to NASA's Curiosity rover, you can now walk the surface of the Red Planet.

The organization's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has partnered with Google to create "Access Mars," an interactive program that allows users to roam around Mars. The program was created using images captured by the Curiosity rover during its mission on the planet.


Access Mars allows the user to take a guided tour of the Red Planet, and showcases four sites that have been studied by NASA scientists. Curiosity's landing site, Murray Buttes, Marias Pass and Pahrump Hills are all locations that can be explored.

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Various objects that have been studied are described to internet users with just the click of a mouse.

"We've been able to leverage [virtual reality] and [augmented reality] technologies to take our scientists to Mars every single day," said Victor Luo, lead project manager at JPL's Ops Lab, which led the collaboration. "With Access Mars, everyone in the world can ride along."