GOOGLE Maps have made exploring space possible for anyone with internet access. Find out how you can too can visit Mars and Pluto from the comfort of your sofa.
Google said: “Twenty years ago, the spacecraft Cassini launched from Cape Canaveral on a journey to uncover the secrets of Saturn and its many moons.
“During its mission, Cassini recorded and sent nearly half a million pictures back to Earth, allowing scientists to reconstruct these distant worlds in unprecedented detail.
“Now you can visit these places —along with many other planets and moons — in Google Maps right from your computer.”
All of the planet and moons are rendered with spectacular images taken by NASA and the European Space Agency.
You can zoom into each planet or moon and drag across it to see what it looks like on the surface or from its orbit.
Zooming in on Mars will show you the hundreds of craters scarring the red planet, as well as the Olympus Mons volcano – the tallest mountain in the solar system.
If you dash over to Ceres, a minor planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, you will quickly realise just how many objects orbit the sun.
Further on you can travel to Saturn’s moons Titan and Iapetus, as well as the massive Ganymede in Jupiter’s orbit.
But most exciting of all is the fact that Google Maps now lets you sit in the the cockpit of the International Space Station (ISS).
Entering the ISS, the largest man-made satellite currently orbiting Earth, gives you an unprecedented chance to explore the orbital research station form inside.
Inside the ISS you can click on various prompts to learn about the Russian Soyuz Spacecraft, the US Laboratory Module or any of the other parts that build up the impressive research station.
Google said: “Grab your spacesuit and check out the rest of this corner of the galaxy that we call home.”
If this does not satisfy your appetite for space exploration, you can also visit Google Sky to look at the thousands of stars dotting the night sky.
Google Sky maps out and labels all of the constellations and lets you look at the some of the most stunning pictures taken by the Hubble telescope.