In honour of the Kennedy Space Center’s 50th anniversary, the Google Maps team has just added something very cool: an all-access pass to the KSC. You can now take a Street View walk through rooms you’d never have access to without some serious security clearance.
The self-guided tour includes over 6000 high-quality panoramic images to explore. Here are some highlights:
- The Space Shuttle Launch Pad
- the view from The Top of the Launch Pad
- The Engine Room
- the Vehicle Assembly Building
- the Launch Firing Room
- the The Shuttle’s Main Engines
- The Saturn V rocket
- the Atlantis Orbiter
For those of us who’ve always dreamed of going to this incredible place, it’ll give us the closest look we’re likely to ever get — unless that astronaut application comes through. [Google Maps]