How you get the ISS inside is your problem
Google and NASA are no strangers to collaboration. More than just posting the occasional space doodle, Google and NASA have paired up for everything from high-quality maps of the Moon and Mars to producing quantum computers. Over the past couple years, Google has made available over 100 3D models of various objects — among them planets, moons, and spacecraft. Now, Google and NASA are celebrating their latest collab, bringing extra context to some of those 3D models and kicking off a new online exhibit.
Over on Google Arts & Culture the pair have put together a project dedicated to the Solar System and space exploration in general. From the Sun to Pluto, the pages explore what we know about the Solar System and how we’ve come to know it. Aside from being a good way to waste some time and learn something new, the page is also meant to inspire students to engage in space science in particular, and STEM in general.
As for those 3D models, Google and NASA are working to turn them from fun to edu-functional (sorry) with explanatory annotations marking them up. You can click around on planets, rockets, and more, to learn about what makes up this stuff (and even where some of it ended up). Expect to see more of these annotations in the weeks to come, as Google shares word they’ll be coming to other educational models soon, starting with biology topics.
